Lao She is one of the giants filmed for "A Hundred Years of Masters and Literature".
The first season of "Century-old Masters and Literature" filmed a total of 6 giants, Including Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Lao She, and Cao Yu. The seminar and launching ceremony of "100 Years of Masters and Literature" was held at the China Museum of Modern Literature on December 14, 2014, and was reported by Xinhua Net, People's Daily and China Art News.
A prominent feature of drama creation during the Lao She War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is that it has a strong "practicality". Lao She switched from novel creation to drama creation, and in the process of this transformation, he also participated in the debate on the issue of "popularization of literature and art" and "national form".
In the view of many writers, the problems of national forms and the popularization of literature and art are mainly concentrated at the level of theoretical debate. After all, most writers' creations before the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were not aimed at the masses, and they were even more unfamiliar with national forms and folk art. In this regard, Lao She showed a different side from the attitude and practice of many anti-war writers.
Before the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Lao She broke through the limitations of theoretical discussion on the "popularization of literature and art" with creative practice.
Lao She was born a commoner, and his pre-War novel creation was aimed at the vast class of citizens. Creating the greatest literature with the most vulgar white words is Lao She's highest demand for himself. This self-demand has great similarity with the policy of "popularization".
Lao She's requirements for this point of his own followed the creation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Therefore, all Lao She had to do when creating was to further implement and implement his own creative principles before the War of Resistance. This principle is consistent for Lao She. This is also an important reason why Lao She was able to break through the empty theoretical discussion and put forward the theory of "division of labor" in the debate on "popularization of literature and art".
Similarly, it is also based on this principle that Lao She does not always forget the stage when creating dramas, as he said. Exactly, Lao She's eyes not only looked at the stage, but also at the audience.
Lao She has repeatedly said that anti-war dramas should first be suitable for performance according to local conditions, so the stage prompts of Lao She's drama scripts strive to be flexible regardless of the choice of location or the setting of the set, in order to seek the fluidity suitable for anti-war performances.
At the same time, Lao She gave up the "Beijing flavor" language that he had always used, began to use authentic Chinese for writing, and advocated actors to perform in the vernacular language. Writing with Chinese is to facilitate the script to be staged throughout the country, advocating that actors perform in the local vernacular, hoping that every place can maximize the enthusiasm and emotional recognition of the local people.
It can be said that Lao She's drama creation is not the most artistic, which Lao She himself has always admitted, but the drama creation during the Lao She War of Resistance is the most "practical", which is beyond doubt.
In addition, Lao She has a great passion for popular literature and folk art forms. Lao She is a Manchu, and the Manchus themselves have a strong interest in playing and singing and folk music. Lao She grew up in the hutongs of the city and has formed an indissoluble relationship with folk art since childhood. Moreover, Lao She's enthusiasm for folk art does not completely stay at the level of appreciation under the stage, and Lao She has some understanding of various forms of folk art. Understanding on the basis of love enabled Lao She to quickly turn the "national form" problem from theory to practice.
Photographed in Wuhan in 1938, Lao She presented Zhao Qingge with a photo. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Lao She's life was greatly affected, but his life routine remained regular and he was still fully devoted when writing. Photo courtesy of Shining
Facts have proved that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Lao She's creative output in the field of popular literature was astonishing. Not only that, but what is even more valuable is that Lao She applies the form of folk art to drama creation. In the drama creation of the Lao She Anti-Japanese War period, we can often see the interspersed drum books, Peking opera, rice songs, allegro and so on based on folk literature.
Although this kind of extremely "experimental" drama creation has already been practiced in the "street drama" movement, it is so serious and professional that various forms of folk literature and art are studied as an art and applied to drama creation, which not only greatly enriches the form of expression on the stage and improves the acceptance of the masses, but also makes a good preparation for Lao She to go out of a drama creation route of his own.
Source | People's Publishing House, Lao She Cultural Mentality and Its Drama World
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The launching ceremony of "Century-old Masters and Literature"
On December 14, 2014, He Jianming, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, Shan Yuhong, representative of the Social Responsibility Management Committee of China Minsheng Bank, Yang Jingdao, producer and chief planner of "100 Years of Masters", and Xiao Tongqing, general director of "100 Years of Masters and Literature", jointly unveiled the opening ceremony of "100 Years of Masters and Literature", and the opening ceremony was presided over by Wu Yiqin, director of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature
On December 14, 2014, the launching ceremony of "Century-old Masters and Literature" attended the guest group photo
Mo Yan endorsed "A Hundred Years of Great Masters and Literature"
Wang Meng spoke for "A Hundred Years of Great Masters and Literature"
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