On January 12, the "Literature Illuminates a Better Life - 2021 Searchlight Annual Book List Release and Reading Famous Artists Seminar LaunchIng Meeting" jointly sponsored by Literature and Art Daily, China Modern Literature Museum and Institute of Literature of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and co-organized by Tencent Group and Reading Group, landed at the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature.
At the meeting, Xu Zechen, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Award, and the squid who loves diving of the Platinum Writer of Reading Group had their first face-to-face exchange, and the two sides conducted in-depth discussions on their own creative experience, around creation and interaction, the relationship between creation and the times, and the future prospects of the creative field.
Yang Zao, researcher of the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yang Chen, vice president and editor-in-chief of Yuwen Group, Wang Xiang, researcher and critic of Lu Xun College of Literature, and Cong Zhichen, associate professor of Peking University and visiting researcher of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature, participated in the seminar as guests and expressed their views on the relationship between online literature and the times.
Developing in inheritance Network literature reflects the characteristics of the times
In their speeches at the beginning of the seminar, Li Jingze, member of the party group and vice chairman of the China Writers Association, Cheng Wu, vice president of Tencent Group and CEO of Reading Group, and Liang Hongying, editor-in-chief of Literature and Art Daily, all talked about the concern of online literature about this era.
Li Jingze, vice chairman of the China Writers Association
Li Jingze, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, pointed out: "The mainstreaming of online literature, in my understanding, refers to the mainstreaming of spirit and values, and it should be a powerful, very prominent, and clear reflection of the fundamental values of our times and nation, and reflects our spirit." ”
Cheng Wu, Vice President of Tencent Group and CEO of Yuwen Group
Cheng Wu, vice president of Tencent Group and CEO of Yuwen Group, pointed out the inevitable connection between online literature and the times in his speech. He said: "The reason why literature can reflect people's hearts is that it builds an 'emotional community' that can resonate with the times. Its value background, relying on the traditional cultural concept of China's thousand-year-old heritage, is highlighted by the connection and concern with the times. ”
Liang Hongying, editor-in-chief of Literature and Art Daily
Liang Hongying, editor-in-chief of Literature and Art Daily, said: "We must pay close attention to and support innovation, and encourage creativity, imagination and exploration. Some works may be niche, and some authors may not be famous at the moment, but as long as they show the vigor of exploration, have the courage to respond to the questions of the times, and have a sense of problems that point directly to people's hearts, they should be promoted and supported. ”
As Liu Xun mentioned in the "Wenxin Carved Dragon Chronology", "the fortunes of the times have shifted, the qualitative literature has changed, and the ancient and modern are reasonable, as can be said." "Literature is the product of the times, literature changes with the development of the times is an objective law that cannot be transferred, the birth and development of network literature has been imperceptibly affected by this era, which is also the main reason why more and more online literary works have begun to observe reality and reflect the characteristics of the times."
The sense of the times in online literature: derived from reality and higher than reality
Topics related to the times have also become one of the important themes in the dialogue between Xu Zechen, the winner of the Mao Dun Literature Award, and the diving squid of the Platinum Writer of the Reading Group, and throughout the seminar, Xu Zechen and the squid exchanges have more or less brought their views on literature and the times.
Yang Zao, researcher of the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (first from left), Wang Xiang, researcher and critic of Lu Xun Academy of Literature (second from left), Xu Zechen, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Award (third from left), Squid who loves diving in Platinum Writers of Reading Group (third from right), Yang Chen, vice president and editor-in-chief of Reading Group (second from right), and Cong Zhichen ,associate professor of Peking University and visiting researcher of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature (first from right), attended the seminar
In Xu Zechen's view, as a writer, if you want to write a good life in the moment and want to know the Chinese of the moment, "a very important path is to turn back." He believes that "this retro is not a simple retro, nor is it to make a grid, to make a chapter back, we find something for us to deal with the current life from the traditional literary narrative resources, folk narrative resources, and cultural resources." ”
In the eyes of the squid who loves diving, online literature is a product of the times that came into being under the leadership of the Internet wave. "I think good online literature must be derived from reality and higher than reality. We must draw nourishment from reality, try to restore a vivid world in the novel, so that the reader feels that it is as if it really happened around us, and this sense of reality and reality is very important. ”
Xu Zechen and Squid both believe that both online literature and traditional literature bear the important task entrusted by the times: inheriting Chinese culture and national spirit, writers should make the essence of traditional culture become the value gene of the work, and create a "spiritual homeland" that resonates with the people's emotions and resonates with the values of the times.
In the view of Wang Xiang, a researcher and critic at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature, there are obvious commonalities between the times and literature. Chinese online novelists are recreating myths for humanity, and the diving squid is a typical representative. He gradually constructed his own myth, the 'Squid Myth', on the basis of the world's mythological imagination resources. ”
As a person who has witnessed the growth of the squid along the way, Yang Chen, vice president and editor-in-chief of Reading Group, said that the creation process of the squid is the process of mutual achievement between the Internet platform and the online literary writers, which obviously has the characteristics of the times. "In fact, the creation of online literature is to reflect the changes of the times, the changes of society, when the society becomes better, the novel environment, the background of the novel will also become better, I think online literature is naturally the most suitable way to portray the era of writing."
The times cast fine products, precipitating classics to promote the development of the industry
At the seminar, Xu Zechen and Squid also discussed topics such as creation itself and the future development of the industry.
Xu Zechen said that the motivation for his creation came from "a touch". "I suddenly read a book one day during the summer vacation of my freshman year, and I was particularly touched by this book, and the reason why I was moved was that I thought about a lot of questions that were written by writers. The characters in the novel think about these questions more deeply than I do, and the writer expresses it with such literary beauty that I feel that the writer is a very magical profession. ”
At the same time, Xu Zechen also said that as a writer from a Chinese department, "if you want to write, all the books Chinese are read at the end, such as squid learning computers, which is a very professional technology." This piece can only be understood by a person who studies computers, and it is difficult for a person who studies Chinese to understand. I sometimes wish I could be a very remote, unpopular major, and this major is only I can write about, which is the best. ”
In the eyes of the squid who graduated from the computer major, online writers may be more scientific, and everyone wants to build a world. "Just like a piece of code in a computer, writing a self-consistent world that can show the spark of your own thoughts and the emotions of your own story." From the perspective of scientific thinking, it is preferable to differentiate and deconstruct this problem from the general direction. ”
For the squid himself, one of the most important key words in his creation is "expression". He said: "Most online literary creators want to share their good ideas, good ideas and good bridges with more people, and then step by step they have embarked on the road of creation, which is the most primitive and purest desire for expression." ”
When talking about his views on the future development of the industry, Xu Zechen believes: "The literature of the future is to say that this is us as soon as we see it, to be able to see the past, to see the current state, and to some extent, we may also foresee some of the future that we may have." ”
In the eyes of the squid, online literature needs to add more emotions and concerns about reality on the way forward. He said: "If online literature is to become universal literature, it must be inseparable from family, friendship and love, and at the same time, it also needs to add some reflections on reality, family and country feelings, and the world in mind." ”
Cong Zhichen, associate professor at Peking University and visiting researcher of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature, commented on the impact and promotion of the development of online literature on the entire cultural industry from a macro perspective. He said: "Chinese writers use the Chinese way of thinking to shape stories, and the subjects we write carry the deep imprint of China. Online literature naturally pays more attention to storytelling and the structure of the world, but the architecture of the world must have some kind of unconscious refinement of reality. ”
As a guest and moderator of the seminar, Yang, a researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, concluded at the end of the seminar: "Chinese writers are embarking on a relatively unique path of their own, and there is such an era and such an environment that allows us to express such emotions in different directions with a hundred flowers and expressing our own opinions. All literature comes. Together, it will constitute the spiritual life of our time. ”
Nandu reporter Huang Qian