Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 430 Yu Hua Su Tong’s anxiety

Chi Zijian was surprised when he heard this.

Wen, like the person he is, does not exist here at all in Yu Hua.

The two introduced each other and heard that each other was going to be admitted to the graduate school of Yancheng Normal University, so they started chatting together and had a great time.

Don't tell me, this guy Yu Hua is very humorous and has a lot of femininity.

The meeting was held in the hotel conference room at 8:30 the next morning. After the leaders delivered enthusiastic speeches, it officially started.

At the meeting, everyone sorted out and reflected on the creative trends at that time, and had a lively discussion on the return of realism and how to return it.

At the meeting, Lu Yao, a famous writer from Qin Province, became the focus of the participants. His novel "The Ordinary World" became very popular last year, and he himself is also an adherent of realistic writing.

This time, Lu Yao did not talk about his previous works, but about his feelings during his visit to Italy.

"During the visit, we watched an Italian movie "Miracles in Milan". In order for us Chinese audiences to understand, it was kindly translated into Chinese subtitles. It was about an abandoned baby Doudou who grew up in an orphanage. As an adult, he lived in a slum outside Milan, where he led the poor to achieve a happy life. "

"You have been eating rice, and now I suddenly ask you to eat steamed buns. Of course you are not used to it."

Like Yu Hua and Su Tong, they basically sat there and listened quietly to what others said.

"But according to Editor Fang, it is obvious that the mainstream of the literary world will return to reality again in the future." Yu Hua said with a hint of anxiety in his tone.

They have their own ideas and confusions.

At the Young and Middle-aged Writers Seminar held in Xijing in 86, both of them participated, so they got to know each other. They discussed and listened to other people's speeches during the day, and exchanged their opinions in their own rooms at night.

Lu Yao talked eloquently in his nasal Mandarin. Everyone listened carefully, and some even took notes in small notebooks.

"To be honest, the more I listen to it, the more confused I feel. It is completely contrary to some of the writing concepts I accepted before." Yu Hua made no secret of his views.

After hearing what Su Tong said, Yu Hua laughed.

"The essence of avant-garde novels is modernism, while the essence of new realistic novels is realism. The two are inherently contradictory. The most significant difference lies in the gap in formal skills between them." Studied at Yantai Normal University Su Tong, who studied at the university, had a deeper foundation in literary theory.

2. A concise narrative without redundant descriptive elements, a unity of pure language state and pure life state.

"Why do I mention this film here? Because it is a representative work of Italian neorealist films. The neorealist films here are very similar to the new realist novels we are discussing now. According to Italian colleagues, this is after the avant-garde film movement. The emergence of the second movement in film aesthetics.”

Su Tong thought for a moment and then said: "It's difficult! I personally think the two are contradictory."

"Then tell me, is it possible to be used to eating rice and steamed buns at the same time?" Yu Hua suddenly asked a question.

1. A rough and simple living state that does not obviously contain cultural connotations, and does not contain a heterogeneous and particularly imaginative flow of life.

"Yu Hua, how do you feel about what they said today?" Su Tong asked.

There are also Chi Li and Liu Zhenyun who already have certain achievements and experience in introducing new reality small creations.

Two people share a room.

How nice to say this!
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Fang Minghua was also very satisfied.

Of course, it is mainly a few critics and leading writers like Lu Yao and Jia Pingwa - Jia Pingwa used his novel "Shangzhou" as an example to explain his views on new reality novels.

During the four-day symposium, everyone spoke freely about the textual characteristics of new realistic novels, and finally everyone summarized the following points:

Su Tong understood Yu Hua's anxiety.

Although he is also classified as a avant-garde novel writer, compared with the fifth generation of avant-garde novel writers recognized in the literary world - Ma Yuan, Hong Feng, Tashi Dawa, Can Xue, and Yu Hua, his "avant-garde nature" "It doesn't seem that sufficient.

Unlike Ma Yuan's fictitious experiments, nor Yu Hua's obsession with violence and parody, his avant-garde novels are highly readable, and the words are full of the tiredness and ennui of the Jiangnan water town. If the literary world really returns to realist writing in the future, then his transformation pressure will not be as great as that of Yu Hua, so he will not be as anxious as the other party.

"How about we talk to Editor Fang?" Su Tong put forward his own idea.

"Okay, go now."

At this time, Fang Minghua was in his room talking to Bai Miao about the writer's contract.

"I have talked with Liu Zhenyun, Chi Li, Liu Heng, and Chi Zijian, and they are willing to sign the "Great God Agreement" with us," Bai Miao said.

Fang Minghua was very happy after hearing this: "That's enough. With these four people, plus the transformation of the original avant-garde writers into writing, our "Yanhe" can seize the new writing hot spots in the new literary world."

While they were chatting, they heard someone knocking on the door. Bai Miao went over to open the door and saw Yu Hua and Su Tong standing outside the door.

"Come in, come in." Fang Minghua greeted warmly.

"Editor Fang, we want to talk to you about some creative issues." Yu Hua got straight to the point.

"Okay, sit down. If you don't have anywhere to sit, just sit on the bed."

Seeing this posture, Bai Miao was about to go out, but was stopped by Fang Minghua. "Editor Bai, don't leave, let's listen together."

Bai Miao also sat down after hearing this.

Yu Hua had been in contact with Fang Minghua for a long time and was relatively familiar with them, so he explained the doubts he had with Su Tong just now.

Fang Minghua was not surprised by the two people's doubts.

"Yu Hua, I will talk about the issue you mentioned at the seminar tomorrow. The novel itself is formed naturally. It is not something that a critic or editor came up with. It is not something that our "Yanhe" put forward a slogan. Let’s write this. It’s just that we see such a surging undercurrent, extract this narrative method and narrative strategy from the novel, let it surface, summarize and amplify it.”

"Of course, the writers invited this time are all writers who have made some achievements in this field, and some have writing skills in this field."

"Editor Fang, you mean that Su Tong and I can write new realistic novels?" Yu Hua finally understood what he meant.

"Yes. How about I not invite Mo Yan, Ma Yuan, Liu Sola and the others? I even haven't invited Ge Fei for the time being." Fang Minghua's words were meaningful.

That seems to be the case.

Among the many writers attending the conference, it seems that he and Su Tong were recognized as young writers of avant-garde novels.

Su Tong was overjoyed after hearing this.

But Yu Hua got even more headache after hearing this: "Editor Fang, you asked me to jump from modernism to realism all at once. I find it a bit difficult."

"It's not difficult. I was going to talk about this issue tomorrow. Since you are here, I will tell you in advance." Fang Minghua said with a smile on his face and a sip of tea:
"The literary paths of realism and modernism are not two straight-line processes that can never intersect. They will eventually merge at the same point in their ever-extending movements, and this is the "new realistic novel."

"Gradually melting the sharp gap between the two, breaking the critical point of distinction, and turning it into a new literary style. This is the goal of the creation of "new realistic novels", the kind of realistic novels and novels in the strict sense Modernist novels will gradually disappear. The mutual complementation of the two will form a new pattern of Chinese novel creation."

Fang Minghua talked eloquently.

Su Tong listened very carefully, and Yu Hua was a little confused.

After the two left, Bai Miao, who had been silent until now, spoke: "Editor Fang, you value them both very much."

"Yes." Fang Minghua didn't hide it.

"The 1980s are almost over, and the most active people in the literary world in the 1990s were young writers, including them and Mo Yan."

(End of this chapter)