The charm of Shakespeare classics
Chen Yan
(Vice Chairman of China Writers Association)
▲Writer Chen Yan
My conscious reading of life began with Shakespeare, who faced Shakespeare almost repeatedly in my life for work reasons. The more I faced it, the more I felt the need to read it repeatedly. Some of his plays are read after watching the performances, and after watching the performances and then reading, the charm is indeed endless. He explores the endless possibilities of human evolution, allowing us to ride the wind and waves on the voyage of desire. After the reef sinks, the sails are still worth showing. In the choices and warnings of destruction and survival, living or dying, there is both joy and sorrow. Tragedy and comedy, history and reality, human beings and nature, angels and devils 8, good and evil, hatred and forgiveness, pain and numbness, cruelty and pity, wisdom and calculation, love and fornication, charity and grabbing, compassion and violence, etc., as long as you read, there will be endless questions and answers, written between the lines, but also written on the map of reality. That great sense of richness, totality and depth is a very rich and mellow spiritual nourishment in the trek of life. Choosing a few Shakespeare operas to read during the Spring Festival is a beneficial way to celebrate the festival.
In addition to reading Shakespeare, I was also ready to go into the theater to see a play or two, which is also a habit I have developed over the years. In the limitations of time and space, the drama has formed a kind of compressed biscuit-style essence extraction, which cannot tolerate perfunctory delay. Whether classical or contemporary drama, it is not only full of history and the tension of inner thoughts, emotions and stories, but also allows us to enter a beautiful audio-visual enjoyment in the modern time and space image, which is a different reading that cannot be missed during the Spring Festival.
Author: Chen Yan
Editor: Zhou Yiqian
Editor-in-Charge: Zhu Zifen
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