Back to 80: My Literary Life

Lei Xuecheng called Fang Minghua specifically to explain.

"Minghua, to be honest, I didn't expect this result. Originally, I thought customers would choose some popular books, such as Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain", Yu Hua's "Alive", Jia Pingwa's "Abandoned" "etc."

"Or you can choose Zhang Ping's "The Choice", which won the fifth Mao Prize last year, Alai's "The Dust Has Settled", Wang Anyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", etc. However, according to the questionnaire I collected, more than 70% of the readers chose this book. "Three Doors"!

Fang Minghua didn't care.

"The "Three Gates" is just the "Three Gates". Although this book is not a classic, it is still a phenomenal work and has certain literary value, so I will talk about it."

"Okay then, I'll post the preview."

"OK."

Since Fang Minghua decided to talk about "Three Gates", he had to make certain preparations.

To a certain extent, "Three Gates" is Han Han's autobiographical novel. Through the perspective of young Lin Yuxiang, it reveals to readers the life of a real high school student and integrates various contradictions and problems in parent-child relationships, teacher-student relationships, and classmate relationships. It unfolds and reflects student-like thinking, confusion, and dreams.

For this reason, Fang Minghua read "Three Gates" again.

Today is Saturday, the weather is not very good, it is gloomy. After eating and resting at noon, Fang Minghua drove away from home and headed to Bianjia Village.

The car parked not far from the bookstore. Fang Minghua walked over and entered the bookstore. He found that the last time he came to the deserted bookstore, the number of people suddenly increased so much that he couldn't even squeeze in.

Lei Xuecheng hurriedly helped Fang Minghua clear a way, and walked up to the second floor with him, saying, "I didn't expect so many people to come today. The upper floors are all full, and those below can't get a seat."

Fang Minghua went up to the second floor and saw that all the seats were full of people, most of them young people. Everyone looked at him with eager eyes.

Fang Minghua thought of the people downstairs again and said, "Otherwise, in order to allow more people to participate in the exchange, everyone would move their chairs to make more space. As for me, I would also stand with everyone. As long as I Just leave a small stool to put the tea cup."

"good"

So everyone started to collect the chairs one after another. The clerk downstairs hurriedly came up to help move the extra chairs down, and more readers came up.

Fang Minghua came forward and there was only a small blackboard and a small stool next to him.

Without too much nonsense, Fang Minghua made a simple opening statement and then stood up and started talking.

"I think most of you here have read the novel "Three Doors", so I won't go into details about the specific content. I will focus on my views on this novel and its advantages and disadvantages."

"First of all, I would like to ask everyone, who knows the origin of the title of this novel "The Triple Door"?"

"I know!" A young man with a face full of acne who looked like a thin college student wearing glasses raised his hand and said: "The title of this book should come from" "The Book of Rites: Doctrine of the Mean" "There are three levels of kings in the world, among which There is nothing wrong with it. "Three layers" refers to "etiquette", "system" and "evaluation".

"That's right." Fang Minghua nodded, then looked at the young man and asked, "Are you majoring in Chinese?"

"Yes, I am a student of the Chinese Department of Western University. I am a junior this year."

"Well, the level of Western University students is high, because I am also a graduate of Western University."

Hearing Fang Minghua's words, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

"Through the title of the book, you can see that the author is very attentive. Although this name may cause ordinary readers to misunderstand "three exams, three gates" and cause ambiguity. But this name also has benefits and can improve the quality of this book. You guys If you write a book in the future, you should also learn this.”

Strong style

Everyone present burst into laughter again.

"Let me ask another question, have you read "Long Live Youth" written by Wang Meng?" Fang Minghua asked again.

"See it!"

The number of people who responded this time was much smaller than last time.

"If you haven't read it, you can go read it. For those who have read it, do you think "Long Live Youth" moved you, or this "Triple Door"?"

""Triple Door"!"

Most people present responded this way, but some still shouted: "Long Live Youth!"

She is a very delicate girl with a ponytail.

Fang Minghua glanced at her and replied, "Then your life must be very happy. You have lived in the sunshine and rain since you were a child."

Everyone present burst into laughter again, and the girl was a little embarrassed and flushed.

"I didn't mean to make fun of this girl." Fang Minghua smiled and continued: "Wang Meng's "Long Live Youth" describes the passionate youth life of a group of high school girls in the early 1950s. They have ideals, enthusiasm, and a passion for life. Be positive and optimistic.”

"You haven't experienced the 1950s, and neither have I, but I don't deny that that era was indeed like that, vibrant, just like the early 1980s that I experienced."

"But you are different, including the author Han Han, who was born in the 1980s, and has been really sensible in the mid-to-late 1990s. This era has undergone tremendous changes, rapid changes in society, "money", "interpersonal relationships, and examinations". Pressure. What is described in the book has been felt by you to some extent, so you can relate to it when you read it, right? "

"right!"

"This is called the "sense of substitution" in literary writing. Fang Minghua turned around and wrote three words on the blackboard.

"Of course, today I am not talking about writing, but about this book. Now I will focus on the following aspects to appreciate this book with you."

"His artistic characteristics, first, the gloomy atmosphere: none of the students, teachers, and parents in the book can be regarded as positive characters. The campus life, extracurricular life, people's thoughts and mentality, etc. written in the book, do not have any shining highlights. It can be said that the whole work is shrouded in the invisible pressure of exams and scores, which is suffocating and uneasy."

"Second, ironic language. Han Han played a lot of word games with readers in "Triple Door", and it is not limited to Chinese. For example: "Girl friend, take the first letter of each word and read it quickly, it is G, F (brother-in-law), etc. This actually borrows from the newly emerging network language. Do you chat online?"

"Chat!"

Again, in unison.

"My suggestion is that you should learn more knowledge when you go online, don't always chat and pick up girls, or fall in love online, be careful not to be exposed! "

Everyone laughed again.

"Third, the "wandering-returning" model"

Of course, this novel also has many problems.

The satire is not strong enough, the logic is not clear, there are too many metaphors, and the writing style is problematic.

"Some people say that Han Han's novel is a bit like Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged". If Han Han imitates it, I agree with this, because there is Wang Shuo's "Die After Getting High" between them."

For two hours, Fang Minghua talked and communicated with readers, and the whole venue was filled with laughter from time to time.

"Okay, today's "Let's Talk" is all over, thank you everyone." Fang Minghua finally said with a smile.

"Teacher Fang, wait." The pretty girl just now suddenly took out a book from her schoolbag and held it high.

"Teacher Fang, I also like this book very much. Can you talk about it next time? "

After saying that, the girl squeezed to the front and handed over the book in her hand.

Fang Minghua took it and looked at it.

Oh my.

"How Many Flowers Have Fallen in Dreams"!

It's not Sanmao's "Collection of Essays" but Guo Xiaosi's novel!

It's a plagiarized work.