In mid-July, "Literary News" was published.
A review article titled "The Summer of Lai Zi: The Pioneer of Chinese Stream of Consciousness Literature" attracted the attention of the literary world and literature lovers.
As a critic, the author of the article, Yan Gang, is quite influential in the domestic literary criticism circle.
Last month, he had some feelings after reading "Lai Zi's Summer", and communicated with his wife Liu Yin. Finally, he wrote this article "Lai Zi's Summer: The Pioneer of Chinese Stream of Consciousness Literature", and the article went well.
It appeared in the "Literary News".
In his article, he spent a lot of space elaborating on Lin Chaoyang's bold innovation in the imported literary genre of stream-of-consciousness literature in "The Summer of Lai Zi", and his appreciation for Lin Chaoyang and this work cannot be concealed between the lines.
"The narrative perspective of "Lai Zi's Summer" switches between the perspectives of the protagonists Lai Zi and Xiao Jun. The author made a bold challenge to the narrative structure of stream of consciousness literature and did not follow the traditional, jumping narrative rules of stream of consciousness literature.
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Instead, it uses a symmetrical narrative structure to present the two protagonists' thoughts, emotions, memories and even the evolution of their subconscious.
This presentation method is not a realistic linear narrative, nor is it a jumping and fragmented narrative in stream-of-consciousness literature, but a spiral narrative method in which I am part of you and you are part of me.
It is both symmetrical and blended, making the space, time, and character relationships within the text present a complex and rich interweaving state, which greatly enhances the artistic expression and reading experience of the work.
This kind of narrative method can be said to be unprecedented, and it is also an important breakthrough in the creation of stream-of-consciousness literature so far. It is a pioneering experiment in the true sense.
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In the novel, Lai Zi and Xiao Jun's inner worlds form a subtle and profound interactive relationship with the external environment.
By shaping the psychological changes, emotional fluctuations and values ​​of the protagonist in a specific social background, the author reflects the common psychological characteristics of adult groups and adolescent groups in the transformation period of Chinese society.
At the same time, the author believes that "Raizi's Summer" is not just a work that simply imitates Western stream-of-consciousness literature, but is an innovative take on this literary form with local characteristics based on the Chinese social and cultural context.
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"Lai Zi's Summer" incorporates a large number of cultural symbols and images with local Chinese characteristics, such as traditional festivals, folk customs, family education concepts encountered on the road, etc. These elements are integrated with the protagonist's inner world.
It not only enriches the cultural connotation of the text, but also gives the work a distinctive Chinese color.
This precise grasp of the Chinese context and unique expression enabled "Lai Zi's Summer" to successfully achieve localized innovative transformation while drawing on Western stream-of-consciousness techniques, opening up a new path for the development of Chinese-style stream-of-consciousness literature.
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This work not only demonstrates the author's keen insight into the individual spiritual world, but also uses its groundbreaking narrative style to lead readers into an inner world full of philosophy, emotions and the characteristics of the times, highlighting the Chinese style
The unique charm and innovative value of stream-of-consciousness literature.
In the vast starry sky of contemporary Chinese literature, "Lai Zi's Summer" is like a bright star. With its unique artistic techniques and profound ideological connotations, it has set a monument for the development of Chinese stream-of-consciousness literature."
The article "Lai Zi's Summer: The Pioneer of Chinese Stream of Consciousness Literature" written by Yan Gang has nearly 10,000 words. It discusses the literary nature and originality of the novel "Lai Zi's Summer" from multiple angles, with clear views.
His unique insights aroused great repercussions in the domestic literary circles in just a few days.
At the end of the article, he evaluated "The Summer of Lai Zi" as "a monumental work of Chinese stream-of-consciousness literature", which is enough to show his appreciation and respect for this novel.
"Raiko's Summer" was published in the second issue of "Contemporary" this year, nearly three months ago.
During this period, the second issue of "Contemporary" sold more than 380,000 copies, an increase of almost 200% compared to the sales of the first issue this year.
As the headline work of the second issue, "Raiko's Summer" naturally deserves a lot of credit. This increase in sales also fully reflects readers' love for this novel.
Hundreds of thousands of readers are immersed in the psychedelic fairy tale world woven by Lin Chaoyang, unable to extricate themselves. Their hearts are surging and they are moved to tears by the story of Lai Zi and Xiao Jun.
The novel has gained an excellent reputation among readers and has received rave reviews from critics.
Unlike readers who pay more attention to the story, the critics' focus on this novel lies in its groundbreaking creative techniques and style.
Those critics and scholars who study contemporary literature have a far better understanding of stream-of-consciousness literature than the average literature enthusiasts and the public.
As an important genre of modern Western literature, the rise of stream-of-consciousness literature has contributed a number of outstanding writers and works to the world literary world.
Everyone knows that the development of stream-of-consciousness literature in China is undoubtedly extremely weak compared to abroad, but it is precisely because of this weakness that Lin Chaoyang's "The Summer of Raiko" is even more valuable.
At a time when most domestic writers still regarded stream-of-consciousness literature as a novelty, and many people had never even heard of it, Lin Chaoyang was able to use mature creative techniques to complete a long stream-of-consciousness novel of outstanding quality.
For many critics and scholars who have done some research on stream-of-consciousness literature, they generally believe that "Raiko's Summer" has reached the level of many foreign stream-of-consciousness novels.
Before Yan Gang, the literary world had actually praised the novel "The Summer of Laizi" a lot, but most critics and scholars still focused on the novel's extension of the style of Western stream-of-consciousness literature.
Although many review articles also mentioned the local elements in "Raiko's Summer", they did not attract enough attention from the critics and were mostly brushed aside.
Yan Gang's article is like Hong Zhong Da Lu, which suddenly opened the minds of many domestic literary critics and scholars.
After many people read the article, the more they think about it, the more they think it is true.
As mentioned in the article, "Lai Zi's Summer" enriches the content of the novel with a large number of Chinese local cultural conformities and intentions. It can be said to be the first of Chinese stream-of-consciousness literature.
These people then thought of Lin Chaoyang's creative process. The creation of "Lai Zi's Summer" not only tested whether Lin Chaoyang had completely understood the core of Western stream-of-consciousness literature.
What's more important is whether he can use them in the creative process, not only maintaining the original unique style of stream-of-consciousness literature, but also taking into account the integration of elements of Chinese culture.
Facts have proved that Lin Chaoyang did it. He created a masterpiece of stream-of-consciousness literature that combines the characteristics and styles of Eastern and Western cultures.
When those critics and scholars were inspired by Yan Gang's article and realized this, they seemed to have suddenly opened the door to a new world, and their thinking was no longer restricted.
Within just half a month, many literary magazines and literary review magazines such as October, Yanjing Literature and Art, Hebei Literature and Art, Literary Review, and Literary Schools published reviews about "Laizi's Summer" one after another.
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The authors of the articles are mostly well-known critics in the field of criticism, or well-known scholars in universities.
Coincidentally, the keywords in these articles focus on "Chinese-style stream-of-consciousness literature", a term pioneered by Yan Gang.
The article "On "Lai Zi's Summer": The Origin of Chinese Stream of Consciousness Literature" published in "Hundreds of Literary Schools" writes: The in-depth exploration and true reproduction of the individual spiritual world fully demonstrates the charm of stream of consciousness literature.
, making "Lai Zi's Summer" a model work of Chinese stream-of-consciousness literature.
"The Summer of Lai Zi" published by "Hebei Literature and Art" says this: Behind the Regional Characteristics and Imprint of the Times:
The success of "Raiko's Summer" lies in its organic combination of stream-of-consciousness literature and local culture. This combination is ingenious and creates a text environment that is both distinctive in regional color and full of individual spiritual enlightenment.
It is not only an outstanding representative work of Chinese stream-of-consciousness literature, but also an in-depth exploration and vivid interpretation of Chinese social and historical changes and individual spiritual world.
The article "Reconstructing Stream of Consciousness Literature" published in "October" explains this:
"Raiko's Summer" faithfully follows the basic principles of stream-of-consciousness literature, but it does not stop at imitating and reproducing traditional techniques, but makes bold innovations and expansions.
The work deeply embeds regional characteristics and historical background into the structure and narrative, broadens the expressive dimension of stream-of-consciousness literature, and successfully breaks the closed nature and individualistic tendencies of stream-of-consciousness literature.
It is closely connected with the vast social reality and profound cultural soil, giving the work a richer and more diverse cultural connotation.
With his unique innovative spirit and profound artistic skills, the author has successfully reconstructed the creative form of stream-of-consciousness literature, making it revitalized in the context of Chinese culture, achieving a high degree of unity between artistic form and social content, and laying the foundation for future Chinese consciousness.
The creation of popular literature provides a model.
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Originally, Lin Chaoyang became famous in the literary world recently due to the news that Mr. Hu purchased a single volume of "Garland Under the Mountain" at his own expense and gave it to frontline soldiers.
Nowadays, major literary magazines and literary review magazines are suddenly full of reviews, which immediately triggers a trend of interpretation of "Raiko's Summer" in the literary world.
Lin Chaoyang once again shines in the literary world. Counting the wave of public opinion influenced by the National Outstanding Short Story Award in the spring, this is already the second time this year.
Compared with last time, the impact this time was greater and more widespread.
Lin Chaoyang not only popularized the fashionable concept of stream-of-consciousness literature to domestic readers with "Lai Zi's Summer", but also created a unique style of Chinese-style stream-of-consciousness literature, which was highly praised by critics.
For a time, writers, critics, and scholars were all proud of interpreting "The Summer of Raiko". This trend continued to spread and also caused a violent response among readers.
The most obvious change is that the second issue of "Contemporary", which published "Raiko's Summer", has been selling well for nearly three months and sales have already stabilized.
Unexpectedly, taking advantage of this trend, the editorial department of "Contemporary" actually received calls from Xinhua Bookstore and post offices in various places urging more printing.
Hot discussions and praises in the literary world, as well as readers' pursuit and love, converged into an unstoppable torrent, making "Lai Zi's Summer" the most influential phenomenon-level work in the Chinese literary world in the summer of 1980.
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