Writer and literary critic Liu Qiong's personal essay collection "Gesang Flower Posture Posture" was recently published by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, and the whole book is divided into three series: "Gesang Flower Posture Posture", "Narrative, Existence and History", and "Literature and Humanities", which are written in jingji, Huairen and literary criticism. The collection of essays brings together the ideological essence of Liu Qiong's many years of writing career, mostly about the affairs around her, daily life, and the victory of both emotion and wisdom. In an interview with the Peninsula All-Media Reporter a few days ago, Liu Qiong shared her thoughts on life, her perception of life, and her views on literature.
Write a memorial to life in the Northwest,
Discuss writing from a relatively rational perspective
The title of the book "Gesang Flower Posture Posture" is also the first part, as well as the title of the first article of the book, according to Liu Qiong, "posture posture" is a word in the Lanzhou dialect, "posture" means beautiful, generally used to describe little girls, sometimes say which houses are beautiful will also say "posture". The Lanzhou dialect, including the northwest dialect, has one of the biggest features that like to use overlapping sound characters, so Liu Qiong used "posture" as "posture posture", as if "beautiful", used as the meaning of "drifting beautiful and bright".
Liu Qiong frankly said that using "Gesang Flower Posture Posture" as the title is of special significance and is a memorial to his life in the northwest. "The article 'Gesang Flower Posture posture' is my interview in Ningxia, Zhangye and other places in Gansu Province, and there is a feeling of history, a kind of remembrance and record of my early life in the northwest, and of course, some of my feelings and thoughts on the human geography of the northwest." In Liu Qiong's view, the Kelsang flower is so beautiful, growing in the alpine zone, growing and surviving in a tattered place, and living in a place that is a kind of emotional vitality, "In fact, it is also a kind of thinking about our diverse cultures and multiculturalism." ”
In addition, Liu Qiong believes that the word "posture" after using "posture posture" and the original meaning of the word "a little" difference, the difference is that in fact, it is not only beautiful, but also has a very confident, very favorite emotional color in it, she said, as the title of the book, and when used for the title of this article, there are actually subjective emotions about cultural self-perception in it.
According to Liu Qiong, there is an objective connection between the three albums in this book, "Gesang Flower Posture Posture" is the narrative part, but also the memory and record part, "because of the narrative and narrative, so there is existence and history." And "narrative, existence and history" is actually such an angle, "for historical writing, for this kind of memory writing, there is also a bit of rational discussion." "Literature and humanities" is the intermediate state, "the first is narrative, the second is narrative." Narrative exists in history, and there is a relationship between literary expression and the construction of humanistic history. ”
Liu Qiong believes that when the narrative and narrative extend forward and establish its relationship with history, literature and humanities, it actually discusses the writing form, writing logic and writing behavior from a relatively rational point of view, "The internal logic of its relationship with our society actually has a rational component in it, and this three-level relationship is actually from sensibility to perceptual narrative and analysis, to rational cognition, so stylistically speaking, the first part is more inclined to the prose of remembering people's memories, and the second part is more inclined to essays. The third part is more inclined to the relationship between essays and theoretical analysis to rational understanding, summarizing and summarizing. ”
Family memory writing is most interested,
The subject matter that is written most smoothly
Articles such as "Grandfather's Youth" and "Aunt" in the book are Liu Qiong's own favorite articles, and the descriptions of grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts, etc. are touching and warm. Talking about the opportunity to write, Liu Qiong said: "There are factors of chance in it, for example, I heard a conversation between my father and me after drinking, I moved this idea, because my grandfather has always been a particularly important, particularly kind, closely related person in my emotions, and even a kind of emotional support. The impression he made on me, or the impression he gave to everyone, has always been particularly perfect. But my father's conversation made me suddenly find that my grandfather was also a living person, a person in life, and he had many of his own life's pursuits, even shortcomings, which touched me a lot. When I wrote this article, I did not write about him in isolation, I wrote about him in the context of history, not only about him personally, but also about my grandmother, who was most closely related to my grandfather. ”
Liu Qiong said that writing about family memories is also the part that she is most interested in or writes most smoothly, a subject matter. "In fact, my family's memory writing has two, two contrasting ways to write, one is "Aunt" and the other is "Grandfather's Youth"."
Regarding the writing of family memories, Liu Qiong has also considered using multiple perspectives to write, polyphonic writing, and using multiple narrative and narrative perspectives to form multi-faceted non-fiction writing. In response to the reporter's question on whether to consider writing in the form of a novel, Liu Qiong said, "The perspective and aspect of the novel can be more free and flexible. Fiction writing is a charm, non-fiction writing is also a charm, I can try both, each with its own strength. ”
In Liu Qiong's view, the power of novel writing is its storytelling structure and fascinating narrative ability, which can express the deeper things of people's hearts and spirits in a way. The power of non-fiction lies in its relationship with us, its real relationship with us, and it will impress us with a more surprising power of human relations, "For example, when I wrote "Aunt", many people would be surprised by my aunt's experience, through so many vicissitudes, which is also a kind of power. In fact, grasping these two ways adds more space to non-fiction writing and strengthens its literary nature. ”
Of course, non-fiction writing after all has a necessary premise - non-fiction, Liu Qiong admits that sometimes it is bound and bound by these relationships, "Fortunately, when writing articles about these family memories, I have a basic principle, that is, the truth, this truth is neither exaggerated nor to transform it." This makes everyone feel that your attitude is still sincere. ”
Heterogeneity brings freshness,
What matters is the heart you find
Liu Qiong's book mentions popular topics such as "non-fiction", "women's literature", "new media era", and also traditional topics such as "May Fourth" and "portrait stone", in the interview, Liu Qiong also interpreted the topic of what kind of trend and development of literature is new and old, tradition and modernity in the present. Liu Qiong believes that the new and old, the tradition and the modern, are relative, the so-called new and old, one refers to the new and old experience, "for example, we often say that this image is the image of the new person, the director of the Qiao factory in the "Qiao Factory Director", in that era he represented the working class or represented the grass-roots cadres, is a new image in the industrial theme, but if this image is put to today, it is not a new image, this is relative, in a historical stage, its experience of the new and old, It's a way, new and old. ”
There is also the new and old way of writing, "Some people say that your writing method is old-fashioned, and linear narrative cannot meet our expectations for this diversity, multiplicity, and multi-symphonic presentation method." In Liu Qiong's view, the new and old in the writing style do not matter, the key question is whether your content and form are appropriate, whether they match, this is a kind of literary heart, "Of course, I have a memory, technology, expression of a heterogeneous thing in it, heterogeneous things can bring freshness or new inducements for the senses, but the important thing is the heart you find, the information you transmit, the thoughts you express, or the heart of the image you create." Liu Qiong said that in terms of writing, she will let her writing form a personalized, personalized expression habit, "I think this is very important, that is, you must have your own language expression or text construction habit within the language of literary norms." ”
(This article was first published in Peninsula Metropolis Daily on April 2, 2022, asahi Weekly A14-A15, edited by Meng Xiuli)
By Liu Qiong
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Introduction:
"Gesang Flower Posture Posture" is a collection of personal essays by author Liu Qiong, which is divided into three series: "Gesang Flower Posture Posture", "Narrative, Existence and History", and "Literature and Humanities". They are the chronicle of the scene, the article of Huairen, and the chapter of literary criticism. This book brings together the essence of Liu Qiong's many years of writing, and his articles are handy, mostly about the affairs around him and daily life, which can be described as both emotional and intellectual. As a professional critic, the author is erudite and thoughtful, and her senses are sharp, and she uses concise and unique language and sharp eyes to convey to readers her thoughts on life, her perception of life, and her insights into literature, so that readers can enjoy the tremor of their hearts in the words that sparkle with thought.
About the Author:
Liu Qiong, Doctor of Arts, member of the Novel Committee of the China Writers Association, deputy director of the Literature and Art Department of People's Daily, lives in Beijing. He has won the Excellent Criticism Award of "Literary Newspaper and New Criticism", the "Yuhua" Literary Award, the "Contemporary Writers Review" Excellent Criticism Award, and the China Newspaper People's Prose Award. He is the author of "Nie Er: Hurry but Eternity", "The Road to Chaji", "Outside the Words of the Flower" and other monographs.
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