The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

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Facing the snow-white manuscript paper, Zhou Hexuan was smoking cigarettes under the light. The plot content of the novel is there, but how to express it is a question worth thinking about.

Whether it is a film adaptation of a novel or a novel adaptation of a film, it is a secondary creation, and it is by no means as simple as copying. The same story will show different appearances in different writers' pens.

The movie "Goddess" tells the story of a prostitute who gets pregnant unexpectedly, is taken over by bullies and becomes a tool for making money. She sold herself to earn money to support her son's education, but was ostracized by the school board and other parents, and the child was eventually expelled. In order to let her son continue to study, the woman was going to take her savings to go elsewhere, but found that her money was lost by the bully. She was so angry that she picked up a wine bottle and beat the bully to death. She was also imprisoned for manslaughter. Finally, the child was adopted by the old principal.

If the story is told bluntly, the content will appear dry. Moreover, this kind of thing is too common, and it is difficult to attract attention and sensation without showing it in a special form.

Take Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman" for example, if it is not told from the perspective of a madman, would it still be so popular?

Although Zhou Hexuan studied history, he is still quite interested in literature, and his writing style is not bad. He wrote a lot of travel notes during his travels around the world to earn manuscript fees.

Among the various genres of world literature, Zhou Hexuan's favorite is magical realism, and he is thinking about writing "The Goddess" as a magical realism story.

Magical realism literature originated in Latin America, where economic poverty, political corruption, backward education, worship of ghosts and gods, and people suffered from oppression and military rule by great powers, very similar to the situation in the Republic of China. Zhou Hexuan has a big heart. He wants to show the current situation of the bottom of society in China in the article "Goddess".

Zhou Hexuan didn't start writing immediately. In the next few days, he wandered around various slums in Tianjin, interviewing and witnessing the most authentic Republic of China. Especially in the red light district, he had in-depth exchanges with dozens of prostitutes and recorded all the stories that happened to them.

At the beginning of October, Zhong Guanguang and Tan Xihong left Tianjin, and Zhou Hexuan and Meng Xiaodong also went to Peiping, accompanied by the child named Zhou Hang.

It was the first time to go far away from home, and he had to be separated from his relatives. Zhou Hang seemed quite withdrawn, with a droopy face and unwilling to speak.

"Come on, Xiaohang, I just bought candied haws." Zhong Guanguang smiled lovingly.

"Thank you, grandpa." Zhou Hang took the candied haws and hid behind the old man fearfully.

After several people boarded the train, Tan Xihong extended an invitation to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, if Peking University resumes classes, I hope you can come to be a teacher."

Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile, "When will Peking University resume classes?"

"Well, it should be soon." Tan Xihong said without confidence.

Historically, the chaos at Peking University continued until three years later. Zhang Zuolin even directly abolished Peking University, and merged with eight other universities into the Beijing Normal University. It was not until the Northern Expedition succeeded that Peking University resumed with the support of the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

Why does Zhang Zuolin hate Peking University so much?

Because there are too many party members in the school, before the first party meeting of our party, more than one-third of the party members in the country were all teachers, students and alumni of Peking University.

As long as Zhang Zuolin occupies Beiping, Peking University will never be able to resume school. He didn't even need to use violence. If the Ministry of Education seized the funds, Peking University would not be able to pay wages, and the teachers would naturally not be able to survive—everyone needs to eat.

Zhong Guanguang suddenly said: "Mingcheng, I heard that you have a very close personal relationship with Zhang Xueliang, why don't you ask Young Marshal Zhang to persuade Zhang Zuolin?"

"Hehe, I'll try my best." Zhou Hexuan could only perfunctory.

Zhou Hexuan went to Beiping this time to attend Xu Zhimo's wedding. He also wanted to see with his own eyes what the legendary Lu Xiaoman looked like in real life.

The train starts.

Meng Xiaodong peeled a pear and handed it over: "Brother Zhou, eat some fruit."

"Thank you." Zhou Hexuan bit the pear in his mouth, took out the manuscript and continued to conceive the layout of the novel.

He was going to mess up the story line of "The Goddess", arranging the time and space at will, with various flashbacks and flashbacks. And arrange all the stories of the bottom of the society collected these days, showing the life of prostitutes from childhood to imprisonment.

The entire novel is about 200,000 words in length, and various folk legends of ghosts and gods are interspersed in order to make the novel read mysterious and magical. The accusations against warlords, great powers and society are all hidden in those magical chapters, which make people feel absurd and chilling.

Tan Xihong came over and saw him writing and drawing on the manuscript paper, as if he was sorting out the outline of the story, and asked curiously, "Write a novel?"

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "I want to write down the story of Xiaohang's mother and son."

"I will definitely read it then." Tan Xihong said with a smile.

Meng Xiaodong sat beside him smiling and said nothing, she liked to see Zhou Hexuan working hard, and felt that he had an intellectual temperament. So every night, she would prepare supper for Zhou Hexuan and take it to the study to watch this man work.

While Zhou Hexuan was conceiving the novel on the train, Zheng Zhenduo was in Shanghai worrying about the manuscript for the "Novel Monthly". Except for "Lao Zhang's Philosophy" by the new author Lao She, he has not found any other wonderful novels recently, and the quality of the manuscripts from various places is not good.

Since the rise of May Fourth literature, it has begun to turn from prosperity to decline, and it is difficult to make a new breakthrough.

Let’s talk about the situation of the May Fourth New Literature. The ten years from 1917 to 1927 occupied an important position in the history of modern Chinese literature.

Marked by Hu Shi's "Literary Improvement" and Chen Duxiu's "On Literary Revolution", the "May 4th Literary Revolution" was announced, which was an important part of the May 4th New Culture Movement.

In the past ten years, there have been more than 100 large and small literary associations and corresponding publications across the country.

It is equivalent to a ideological enlightenment movement in the literary world. Writing in vernacular Chinese releases the power of Chinese characters, which greatly improves the speed of information and science dissemination. The ideological concepts of intellectuals were further liberated, and freedom, democracy and science were sought after by people.

The May 4th Literary Revolution also revolutionized the creative thinking of Chinese literature, which can be roughly divided into "for life" (realism) and "for art" (romanticism).

The "For Life School" believes that literature is a kind of work, which should reflect life and social reality, and explore some issues about life and society. Therefore, the novels created by this school are also called "problem novels".

Lu Xun is the first to be the leader of problematic novels, and "Diary of a Madman" can be called such a leader. Among them, "local literature" occupies an important position in problem novels, and its works are more or less influenced by Lu Xun, reflecting the acute problems in rural China at that time.

The "Wei Art School" is just the opposite. They emphasize the self-expression of writers, among which Yu Dafu is the representative. The works of this school pay more attention to literary skills and forms of expression. While pursuing personal liberation, they are also full of desire and petty bourgeois sentiment. Of course, it cannot be generalized. Guo Moruo's revolutionary literature is often classified into the "art school".

Whether it is "for life" or "for art", they are both progressive compared with the old literature, and they are all part of the May Fourth literature, but they are expressed in different forms.

Today, May Fourth literature has matured and entered a bottleneck period. Whether it is local literature, revolutionary literature, or self-narrative stream of consciousness, it is difficult to give people a refreshing feeling. Various themes have been written badly, and continuing to create can only be a waste of time.

Some people began to look abroad, such as the upcoming "New Sensation School", which was influenced by Japanese literature.

Once Zhou Hexuan's magical realism version of "Goddess" is serialized in a magazine, it is estimated that countless writers will be stunned, and the whole will be in a state of confusion.