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Since the rise of modern science and technology, Western civilization has begun to set various standards from the standpoint of the West, especially keen on various literary and artistic awards and rankings.
The Pulitzer Prize in journalism and the Nobel Prize in literature are both highly influential awards in the industry. As for the various rankings made by the West, the list is even more numerous.
So, why is the West so keen on these literary and artistic selections and rankings?
If there is no standard, then make the standard
As we all know, in the field of world literature and art, there is no so-called standard. The reason is very simple, the mother tongue of each country is an important mother in its literary and artistic field, since the mother tongue is different, how to set standards?
Also known as poetry, can the linguistic beauty embodied in Chinese ancient style poems and metrical poems be comparable to Western poems such as "sonnets"?
Chinese characters have both phonetic, morphological and meaning, and the battle and rhyme of Chinese poetry are by no means expressible by alphabetic words. The meaning and rhyme of Chinese poetry is even more meaningful, how can foreign poetry express what if?
The remarks in the previous article are naturally conclusions from the position of the Chinese, will the United Kingdom agree? Will the France agree? Will United States agree?
A similar perception occurs in the comparison of various localized and characteristic literary and artistic projects.
In short, there can be no universally accepted standards in the field of literature and art.
However, there will always be power in this world, and military power is compared to military strength, and cultural power is compared to literary and artistic strength. Military strength can be quantified, while literary and artistic strength is difficult to quantify, but it can be eliminated by formulating standards.
France writer Sartre once said that the Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Western writers and traitors to the East.
The number of writers labeled as "traitors to the East" is obviously not as large as the number of Western writers, so the number of Chinese among the Nobel Prize winners is very small, significantly less than the number of pro-Western Japanese writers. It is rare that there is a Mo Yan, as Sartre said, an oriental traitor who belittles Chinese women while praising the standards of Hokkaido women.
Don't underestimate the influence of the Nobel Prize in Literature, because most of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature are Western writers, and many Chinese who have forgotten their ancestors have a much higher sense of identity with Western literature than domestic literature, after all, whether they can win the Nobel Prize in Literature in their hearts is an extremely important reference indicator.
With the huge influence of the Nobel Prize in Literature as a foreshadowing, the West even has the courage to rank various literary writers, and it is obvious that in most of the ranking versions, Western writers such as Shakespeare and Dante are ranked at the top, directly crushing Chinese writers such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Qu Yuan, and Su Shi.
Is this really the case? Why did Chinese writers who were proficient in higher hieroglyphs lose to European and American writers who were proficient in lower alphabets?
That's nothing, and even more ridiculous is yet to come!
Westerners who have no habit of recording history have created a lot of pseudo-history, fabricated a lot of so-called great figures, and then have the courage to make rankings like world emperors and great men, or the same old routine, and the outstanding ancestors who have been polished by them once again occupy the top row of the ranking list.
Lies and brainwashing
A lie repeated 10,000 times becomes the truth!
Through a large number of selections and rankings in the field of literature and art, through the continuous publicity of powerful media, and the continuous praise of Western literature and art by the spokespersons of Western interests selected through various awards, it is natural that all kinds of Western standards have gradually become world standards, and Western culture has also become the world's top culture in a grand manner, and has been sought after by the majority of people for a long time.
Think about it, why is the Chinese's strong table tennis not sought after in the world? Why does the weak football of the Chinese still have a large number of fans in China? China is not strong enough? But it's true that Chinese culture is very weak!
How many people still seek after traditional Chinese poetry and songs? There are even fewer inheritors! Chinese folk songs are no longer sought after by Chinese people, and many people would rather listen to and rap this kind of garbage that does not speak or sing!
When a culture is strong enough, it naturally brainwashes around the world. With the blessing of various selections and rankings, after the Western standard becomes the world standard, Western culture will naturally realize the brainwashing function, thus making the Western country the only paradise in the hearts of believers. This is also an important reason why the U.S. Consulate queues up every day!
In a word, where we can lead the world culture, we are the center of the world, the upper country, the paradise of the world, and the gathering place of talents and resources.
On the battlefield of culture, the West has become the dominant player and has reaped a lot of practical benefits from it. At the root of it, all kinds of literary and artistic selections and rankings are important reasons for the Westernization of the world today!