Back to 80: My Literary Life

Science fiction?

"Mom, take a look." Xiaojun enthusiastically handed the magazine to his mother.

Ye Yongmei read a section and felt strange.

It seems like a combination of history and science fiction?

"Mom, I suggest you broadcast this book on the radio station. The effect will definitely be better than the one you read!"

"What nonsense! How can CCTV broadcast science fiction novels? It's so ridiculous!" Ye Yongmei scolded.

"Why not? Our radio station broadcasts the storytelling "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and the teacher said it is not historical at all. Why can't it broadcast science fiction?!"

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Ye Yongmei was speechless, so she could only act like an elder: "Don't worry about adults' affairs! Study hard!"

"You parents, you will do this if you can't believe it!" The son muttered, but he still walked into his room obediently.

Ye Yongmei shook her head helplessly. When she saw the magazine her son put on the table, she thought to herself, how powerful is this science fiction that has fascinated these children?

So I picked up the magazine again, found the page I just read, and looked at it carefully.

Looking at it, Ye Yongmei also found it a bit interesting.

It’s so passionately written!

The language is also humorous, no wonder these children love to watch it.

In fact, science fiction novels don't seem to be as bad as others say, and if they were published on CCTV, they would still be innovative.

But this thought only flashed through Ye Yongmei's mind.

Nowadays, there are many people who oppose science fiction in society, and some of them are experts.

Maybe things will get better in a few years.

Ye Yongmei put the magazine on the table and picked up the novel "Enter Guandong" to read.

Fang Minghua naturally didn't know that his novel had been picked up by Ye Yongmei, so he came to work on time after the two-day New Year's Day holiday.

Today is the first day of work in 1985.

1985 was a year of explosion of ideas, from literature to fine arts, music, movies, etc. Almost all art types showed novel and brilliant faces, which were later called the "1985 New Wave".

In the literary world, first of all, "root-seeking literature" emerged, quickly replacing "scar literature."

Taking Acheng's "The King of Chess" as a symbol, young writers have created a number of masterpieces such as "Papa", "Little Baozhuang", "Lao Bangzi Tavern", "The Ancient Ship", etc. While showing their achievements, critics have put their fundamental Seek systematic promotion of a broader and more far-reaching vision of "culture".

On the other hand, avant-garde novels began to become popular in the literary world and gradually became the mainstream of literary works. Liu Sola's "You Have No Choice", Ma Yuan's "The Temptation of Gangdise", and Mo Yan's "Transparent Carrot" were published one after another. It has become a beautiful scenery in the literary world. Due to the emergence of several stream-of-consciousness novels by Fang Minghua, this wind has become more violent.

The difference is that it is only the beginning of 1985. Acheng's "The King of Chess" has been published in "Shencheng Literature" in December last year, but the symbol of avant-garde novels, "You Have No Choice" by Liu Zuola, has yet to be published. In the boudoir.

But what Fang Minghua didn't expect was that this novel from a talented woman from the Central Conservatory of Music would be sent to him.

Holding the enamel jar in one hand and the manuscript in the other, Fang Minghua looked at it carefully.

The thick large letter contained the submission, and there was also a brief letter, a personal letter from Liu Zuola.

In the letter, I said that I really like your new stream-of-consciousness writing methods such as "The Sun Also Rises" and "Roadside Picnic". I also very much agree with the evaluation and opinions of modernist novels including stream-of-consciousness novels. I wrote I have written a novel and see if it works. If it doesn’t work, please send it back, I didn’t leave any manuscripts.”

This is "You Have No Choice".

"You Have No Choice" is a novella that tells the colorful life pictures of students of various personality types at the Conservatory of Music. It truly records the initial ignorance, rebellion, struggle and pursuit of Chinese youth represented by these top musical youths. .

Before coming to this era, Fang Minghua read this novel online out of curiosity. To be honest, he didn't see anything commendable about it.

Isn’t it just the daily life of a group of slightly neurotic music school students?

Those who engage in art are basically not very serious. After reading too many such stories online, they have become accustomed to it.

But in this era, Fang Minghua discovered that this novel was truly pioneering and bold.

The college students of this era are the proud sons of heaven and the future pillars of the country, and they have their own halo.

If you don’t study hard to revitalize China in the future, you will do irrelevant things every day:

In the book, Ma Li is busy buying books, numbering them and putting them on the shelves; Menye is full of musical fantasies but is tortured to the point of suffering by his girlfriend, and finally has to marry her during college.

Sensen is extremely talented, but he doesn’t take a shower or wash his clothes. He slams the keyboard and shouts “Fuck you!”

Outline an almost absurd world.

Liu Sola used a calm and objective mentality to render a suffocating atmosphere, highlighting the turbulent emotions of young people, thereby showing the profundity and inevitability of the conflict between the traditional education system, traditional values ​​and personality awakening. .

A good article indeed.

Therefore, when it comes to literature, you cannot read it without considering the historical background of the time, otherwise you will feel uninterested or incomprehensible.

Fang Minghua read the novel carefully again, put down his teacup and took the manuscript out of the office. He wanted to find Li Tianfang, the leader of the novel team.

Seeing Fang Minghua come in, Li Tianfang greeted with a smile: "Minghua, you drank too much that night, will you be okay when you go back?"

"Why is everything okay? My mother nagged me for several days after I went back, and I couldn't even spend New Year's Day well."

Li Tianfang laughed after hearing this: "Who made you the youngest and the best drinker? But Pingwa and the others went all out. It's better that your girlfriend didn't say anything about you."

"She doesn't."

The two chatted for a while, and then Fang Minghua took out the manuscript and put it on the table: "Sister Li, this is a novel written by a teacher at the Music Academy. I think you are good, take a look."

"Okay, I'll take a look and get back to you when I'm done."

"Okay, you're busy, I'll go over first."

In the afternoon, Li Tianfang came to Fang Minghua's office with the manuscript.

"Minghua, do you know this author?"

"I don't know." Fang Minghua shook his head. This was the first time he heard of it. What do you think of the writing? "

"It's very bold, typical of avant-garde literature." Li Tianfang said, "It just doesn't fit in with the style of our "Yanhe"."

Fang Minghua understood what Li Tianfang meant, but did not refute it directly. He pondered for a moment and said, "Sister Li, do you still remember the dialogue meeting between some young writers and some young critics that was jointly held at the Hangzhou Army Sanatorium in early December?"

This meeting was later called the "West Lake Meeting" in the literary world and played an important role in the literary history of the 1980s.

The topics at the meeting were mixed, and topics such as traditional culture, literary transformation, and contemporary nature were presented one by one. Participants expressed their opinions. After intense discussion, in the end, the meeting did not reach a consensus or form a resolution, but it "directly or indirectly affected "The progress of literature in the 1980s" has become an "intrinsic link" in "promoting 'root-seeking literature' and 'avant-garde literature'".

At this meeting, "Yanhe" magazine sent Li Tianfang, the editor-in-chief and writer in charge of novels, to attend!