A widower's entertainment

Chapter 199 [Seminar]

Regarding Lin Youcheng's latest novel "Tengu", the spark of the fierce collision between idealism and realism is naturally quite dazzling, and can even be said to be quite dazzling.

"People's Literature" Zhang Wei came to Lin Youcheng's courtyard house and specifically told Lin Youcheng that the novel "Tiangu" was highly discussed.

"You're successful, we are planning to hold a literary seminar on "Tengu"."

Hearing Zhang Wei's words, Lin Youcheng was not surprised. After all, he had heard Zhang Wei say before that "Tengu" was affirmed by many literary critics, and many literary workers believed that he "Tengu" is an extremely bold novel.

"Now, although I can participate in seminars, it doesn't necessarily require me, the author, to participate."

When Zhang Wei heard what Lin Youcheng said, he couldn't help laughing and said, "How can you, the author, not attend?"

"They all also want to hear what you, the author, really think."

Lin Youcheng really feels that it is like a seminar on literary works. The author himself does not necessarily have to participate, because after the work is published, the seminar becomes the readers' business, and different readers will naturally have different opinions. However, Zhang Wei strongly invited Lin Youcheng to attend the "Tengu" literary seminar.

However, what Lin Youcheng did not expect was that he would meet a young author at the seminar.

Lin Youcheng looked at the very young Yu Hua in front of him, and he was not that surprised. After all, he had met many big figures in the literary world. For the very young scribbled puppy in front of him, Lin Youcheng was not surprised. Cheng also greeted with a smile on his face and said: "Hello, I have read your article "The Star"."

"My name is Yu Hua. I have always liked your novels. They are so good."

Hearing Yu Hua's words, Lin Youcheng smiled. When it comes to truly making readers sad, who can compare to "Alive".

Yu Hua didn't expect that Lin Youcheng had actually read his novel, and was immediately surprised. After all, he and Lin Youcheng were different. You must know that Lin Youcheng was a truly famous writer for a long time, and he also won the Mao Dun Literature Award. , is definitely his senior, and the critical age is much older than him. Now hearing Lin Youcheng's words, he will inevitably be a little happy. He looked at Lin Youcheng and said: "I like your novels very much. This latest one you published The reality of "Tengu" is very sad."

"Hello, writer Lin Youcheng."

Of course, Lin Youcheng also knew that Yu Hua had not published this work yet.

Lin Youcheng was chatting with Lin Jinglan from "Yanjing Literature". He never expected that a voice saying hello came from beside him, and Lin Youcheng did not expect that the author who greeted him would actually be the dentist author.

"This is just the pain of reality that one person faces during this period. If all the pain of an era were piled on one person, what would you think of such a sense of reality?"

Yu Hua was stunned when he heard Lin Youcheng's words, thought for a moment, and said, "That must be very depressing."

Lin Youcheng smiled and did not continue chatting with Yu Hua about this issue. Instead, he chatted with Yu Hua about other things. Yu Hua also came to the capital to revise the manuscript, and then "Tengu" happened to hold a literary seminar in the capital. Here, "Yanjing Literature" asked the author Yu Hua to come to participate in this literary seminar.

Yu Hua was naturally very excited to meet Lin Youcheng, a senior, and to chat with Lin Youcheng about many literary topics, especially when Lin Youcheng told him that he was looking forward to his subsequent works. Naturally, it also made him quite excited.

More than 20 literary critics from the literary circle who participated in the meeting spoke one after another, expressing various opinions on Lin Youcheng's latest novel "Tengu". This naturally implies that Lin Youcheng is looking for a combination of inheriting tradition and seeking innovation and change, saying that this is very rare and has research value.

There are also some people who express their affirmation of Lin Youcheng's literary creation. Works like "Tengu" are down-to-earth and in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese people. You must know that sometimes, "meaning" and "reader approval" are the criteria for evaluating good works. Others are also talking about Lin Youcheng's novels being very popular among readers and having a long-lasting influence, and analyzing that their "charm" lies in the core value of the works.

At the seminar, no matter what their opinions were, most of them admitted that Lin Youcheng's novel "Tengu" has a strong impact due to its "rough" language. This is also because of the "authenticity" of the work. The most important thing is that the novel is full of "idealism", which is well reflected in the protagonist and is even more precious in today's society.

It can be said that various opinions are freely exchanged, just like the collision between idealism and realism.

But Lin Youcheng didn't pay too much attention to such comments, because he knew very well that these were not important.

Lin Youcheng didn't want to come to such a literary seminar before because he knew it would be embarrassing to hear such words in person.

Lin Youcheng naturally also expressed some of his own thoughts, but they were all brief and did not have long speeches, which surprised Yu Hua.

After the seminar, there will naturally be some other exchanges.

"Brother Lin, you don't seem to care too much about the comments of literary critics?"

Lin Youcheng said with a smile: "In fact, no matter what kind of work is published, there will be different opinions. After all, every reader will have his own ideas, and literary critics are just readers."

Hearing Lin Youcheng's words, Yu Hua was slightly startled. He did not expect that Lin Youcheng would be so free and straightforward.

However, Yu Hua felt that Lin Youcheng was right, because literary critics are just readers, and literary critics do not represent all readers, they are only some of them, good or bad.

Naturally, Lin Youcheng does not particularly care about such literary evaluations, because in his opinion, experts and scholars are just ordinary readers. You must know that many critics have commented on the "Ordinary World" seminar before. The novel is not good enough. Just reading the beginning of the novel is very dull and difficult to read. Many literary critics believe that the writing style of the novel "The Ordinary World" is too traditional and too old-fashioned. It still unfolds the life story according to the chronicle of the ten years from 1975 to 1985, which makes the pace of the novel slow and lax. It is limited to inherent traditional concepts and lacks the spirit of innovation.

This is why Lin Youcheng does not particularly care about such literary evaluations.

Because the readers of people's literature are the people and will never be just literary critics.

(End of this chapter)