Many writers in the venue were whispering to each other, and each person's voice was not loud, but together they formed a sound field over the venue, disturbing everyone's hearing.
"Searching for root literature? This is a good statement! Looking for the roots of our literature, looking for the roots of our culture. Only in this way can our nation regain its confidence."
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"Scar literature, reflective literature, root-seeking literature... Hey, come on, it seems that they all have something to do with Lin Chaoyang?"
Someone suddenly said something like this, which attracted the attention of others around him.
If you think about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case.
In 1978, Lin Chaoyang came out with "The Wrangler", which poured oil on the then-emerging "scar literature", making this literary trend even more intense, and "The Wrangler" also became a literary trend.
Therefore, it has become a representative masterpiece in the history of the development of scar literature.
In 1979, Lin Chaoyang wrote an article "The Inevitable Rise and Decline of Scar Literature", which inadvertently got involved in the great discussion between the "Xichun School" and the "Pianzuo School".
The concept of "reflective literature" he proposed in his article was quickly accepted by the literary world, and quickly replaced "scar literature" and became the most fashionable literary genre at the time.
Nowadays, Lin Chaoyang has proposed the concept of "root-seeking literature". Although the term "root-seeking literature" was proposed by Li Tuo, no one will think that this is his credit. Everyone attributes this credit to Lin Chaoyang.
On the body.
A writer has successively proposed three different literary concepts in just a few years. This reflects not only Lin Chaoyang's profound understanding of creation, but also his profound understanding of literary theory.
Everyone present could not help but marvel.
"Scars, reflection, root-seeking..."
Zhang Wei muttered these three words in his mouth, and some enlightenment slowly emerged in his heart.
Isn’t the dissemination and inheritance of these three literary concepts the only way for social changes and literary development over the years?
Scar literature is a hysterical indictment of the torrent of humanity, because at that time the torrent of humanity had just ended, and people needed an outlet to vent.
After a few years, reflective literature appeared because people had passed the cathartic stage and needed to reflect and summarize the past.
Now, Lin Chaoyang has put forward the concept of root-seeking literature because with the passage of time, the harm caused to the people by the torrent of humanity has gradually become a thing of the past, and now this society needs to regain the culture that we have lost.
After figuring out the connection between these three literary concepts, Zhang Wei looked at Lin Chaoyang with a shining light in his eyes.
Such a coherent and rich theory cannot be understood in a moment. I am afraid Comrade Chaoyang has been brewing it for many years, right?
The venue became noisy because of the emergence of the concept of "root-seeking literature". The writers excitedly whispered to each other, discussed and argued with each other, and enjoyed it endlessly.
Li Tuo was also full of excitement at this time and said: "I think we should let Chaoyang sort out today's speech and publish it in a magazine so that more literary creators and readers can see it."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately echoed loudly.
"That's right!"
"It makes sense."
Everyone asked Lin Chaoyang to sort out his speech. Faced with the united will, Lin Chaoyang could not shirk and simply agreed.
Li Tuo gathered a few more people there, all of whom claimed to have deep insights after listening to Lin Chaoyang's speech, and wanted to take this opportunity to write down their insights to participate in the grand event.
The writers were excited, excited, and enthusiastic, and their hearts were full of pride and excitement of witnessing and participating in history. The entire banquet hall was like a hot furnace, full of restlessness and high-spirited atmosphere.
Zhang Guangnian stood aside silently, looking at these writers, most of whom were under the age of forty.
I don't know why, but the complaint against Lin Chaoyang in my heart gradually disappeared, and was replaced by an indescribable relief and joy.
Looking at Lin Chaoyang surrounded by the crowd, a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.
Their generation is indeed old, and the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead!
Tonight's informal meeting lasted for an hour, which was not long, but the writers' noise continued late into the night.
When the meeting was held the next day, Lin Chaoyang appeared at the meeting yawning. Seeing his appearance, Zhang Guangnian couldn't help but said sourly:
"It's not okay for young people to be so depressed so early in the morning!"
"I stayed up late last night and wrote something."
Zhang Guangnian knew that what Lin Chaoyang was writing must be a concluding article on what he said yesterday, "Have you finished it?"
"No, it's so fast!" Lin Chaoyang replied with another yawn.
Last night, the group of writers talked excitedly with him for several hours. After finally returning to the room, he thought he could rest, but Li Tuo came over again and urged him to write the summary article quickly.
He stayed up until two o'clock in the middle of the night, when he couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep.
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Zhang Guangnian said nothing. He heard Lin Chaoyang's remarks from beginning to end yesterday. He knew that such a mature literary theory must be supported by a powerful article. How could it be written in one night?
"Write slowly, and once you've finished it, bring it to the Literary Journal, and I'll publish it for you."
Lin Chaoyang joked: "I have to take this to Lao Feng, your hand is too long!"
"Literary News" and "People's Literature" are both publications sponsored by the Literary and Art Association. Zhang Guangnian is the second-in-command of the Literary and Art Association, so it is not a problem to get Lin Chaoyang to publish an article.
However, the current editor-in-chief of "Literary News" is Feng Mu, and he must say hello to Feng Mu for this kind of thing.
Zhang Guangnian laughed and scolded: "We have a general meeting, you hold a small meeting. Forget it if I don't cause trouble for you, you still come to cause trouble for me? What? Tang Yin, the deputy editor-in-chief, is not a leader? I, the former president,
Are you losing all face? Stop trying to sow discord with me!"
Zhang Guangnian joined the Communist Youth League at the age of 14. It would be no exaggeration to call him an old revolutionary. In the 1950s, he served as the editor-in-chief of the "Literary Newspaper".
"Hey, you're just kidding! You leaders really can't afford to joke!"
After making a few nonsense remarks, Lin Chaoyang took a seat, and Li Tuo sat next to him, full of energy.
Lin Chaoyang stared at him curiously. He was still awake when he went to bed last night. He was too energetic, right?
"What time did you go to bed last night?" he asked Li Tuo.
"Didn't sleep." Li Tuo replied.
"Didn't you sleep? Are you so energetic if you didn't sleep?" Lin Chaoyang said in surprise.
"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I can't sleep at all!"
Li Tuo had an exaggerated expression and started chatting with Lin Chaoyang again. After listening for a while, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but feel sleepy and forced himself to continue the meeting.
After catching up on his sleep at noon, he finally regained some energy and stayed up all afternoon.
In the evening, there was a sudden commotion in the Taoyuan Hotel. After Lin Chaoyang inquired, he found out that this year's list of National Outstanding Short Story Awards had been announced, and the list of winners included Li Hangyu and other two writers who were attending the conference.
During the meeting, someone won a prize. The winner was naturally happy, and others also followed suit. Coupled with the heated atmosphere of yesterday's meeting, the atmosphere during this meeting was full of joy and positive power.
Another day passed, and the National Rural Theme Novel Creation Symposium finally came to an end. The meeting ended at 5 p.m. The writers would stay at the Taoyuan Hotel for one more night, and they would go their separate ways tomorrow.
In just three days, everyone was closely united because of the literary concept proposed by Lin Chaoyang, and they were full of reluctance to face parting.
In the past two days, Li Tuo got into Lin Chaoyang's room at night and kept urging Lin Chaoyang to write an article. Under his constant urging, Lin Chaoyang finally finished writing the article at around nine o'clock that night.
Li Tuo excitedly grabbed the article and couldn't wait to summon many participating writers.
He called everyone to a meeting without even mobilizing. He just shouted in the hotel corridor:
"Chaoyang's article is finished!"
The writers immediately took the lead and quickly gathered in the banquet hall.
In the past two days, everyone has been waiting for Lin Chaoyang's article to be released. On the last day before the conference left, everyone finally caught up.
After two days of fermentation, the "root-seeking literature" proposed by Lin Chaoyang has become a familiar concept to all participating writers at this conference, and has also won the recognition and support of the vast majority of participating writers.
Being able to read the true meaning of this article on the last night before leaving also made everyone's trip to Zhuoxian a complete one.
There is only one manuscript of the article, and the writers are eager to take a peek.
Li Tuo held the manuscript in his hand, stood in the middle of the venue, and said loudly: "I know everyone wants to take a look, but there is only one manuscript. How about this, I will be a horn and read it aloud to everyone, okay?
"
After listening to his suggestion, everyone agreed in unison that this was indeed the best way.
Bearing everyone's expectations, Li Tuo held the manuscript in his hand and his eyes stayed on the manuscript for dozens of seconds, as if he was reading the content silently.
After he felt familiar, he spoke slowly.
"The Roots of Literature", written by Lin Chaoyang.
I used to often think about a question: Where has the splendid Chinese culture gone? A friend once told me that he settled on the Miluo River, and his residence was only about 20 kilometers away from Quzi Temple.
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The novel "The Moon and Sixpence" writes about a modernist painter. However, he sincerely admired classical painters such as Titian and rarely mentioned modernist comrades.
He later fled the bustling city and went to the jungle where the indigenous people lived. He hid for many years and endured hardships. Finally, he found the fulcrum of modern art in primitive culture and created masterpieces. This was Gauguin who later emerged.
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Li Tuogang got the manuscript, and he was not a professional broadcaster, so he struggled to read it at first. But slowly, his mind was gradually captured by Lin Chaoyang's words, and he concentrated on the article, and his voice became full, hot, and full of emotion.
Not only him, but also other writers attending the conference.
Although everyone has already understood most of the content of this article through Lin Chaoyang's narration, when these thoughts changed from language to words, and then returned to language to enrich everyone's hearts, it gave these people an indescribable feeling.
of excitement and enthusiasm.
“… Vigorous reform and construction are going on here, and we are ‘bringing’ all the science and technology, ideas and systems available to us from the West, and we are moving towards a modern life.
But yin and yang complement each other, gains and losses complement each other, and new and old are related to each other.
Amidst all the changes, China is still China, especially in terms of literature and art, and in terms of the nation's deep spiritual and cultural characteristics, we still have our national self.
Perhaps our responsibility is to release the heat of modern concepts to recast and brighten this self.
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Lin Chaoyang's "The Roots of Literature" is full of thousands of words and can be called a majestic essay.
Li Tuo's voice was loud and high-pitched throughout the whole process. By the end, his voice was hoarse, but it always revealed a solid quality.
When he read to the end, his eyes were red, his face was full of solemnity, and his sonorous and powerful voice echoed throughout the banquet hall.
“A nation’s own past is easy to forget, but also not so easy to forget.
Our literature must have "roots", and the "roots" of literature should be deeply rooted in the soil of national cultural traditions. If the roots are not deep, the leaves will not flourish; if the roots are deep, the leaves will be full of vitality.
Literature has "roots", only our culture has "roots", and only our nation has "roots".
One day, the Chinese culture will be reborn and shine on the world!"
At the end of the article, Li Tuo suddenly stood up on the chair and waved the manuscript paper in his hand, making a hunting sound.
“This is the ‘Zhuoxian Declaration’ of Chinese literature!”
This sentence is the heroic spirit of swallowing up mountains and rivers!
Chapter completed!