Recently, the famous writer Wang Yuewen's latest work "Shouting Mountain Ying" was published by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House, in "Shouting Mountain Ying", Wang Yuewen combined his own life trajectory, combed through his 31 years of literary creation process, and explained his understanding of literature and human nature.
Why is the new book called "Shouting Mountain Ying"?
Wang Yuewen said: "The entrance to my old house is a flat mountain, which is still quite open; it is surrounded by towering peaks and deep mountains. The countrymen walked alone on mountain roads, or toiled in the mountains, lonely, shouted a few times, and the echo rose and fell with the mountains. This is the shouting mountain response. The countryman with an empty heart closed his eyes and shouted about the mountain, and he could hear the appearance of the mountain from the shouting mountain. My literary writing, why not shout shanying? Literature is lonely people, doing lonely things. The people and things I have written about, the time and space, the reality and the void, the truth and the illusion, are all echoes of the world. Through the echoes of my words, I may be able to see what the world looks like. ”
From the geographical origin of the spiritual coordinates
Integrate his life imprint into literary creation
"'Shouting Mountain Ying' is not only my review and review of my own 31-year literary path, but also an objective reflection of the historical changes in Chinese society in the past 31 years from a certain perspective." Wang Yuewen introduced.
"Shouting Mountain Ying" is divided into three parts: "My Literary Hometown", "My Literary Creation" and "My Literary Review", with 5 appendice literary criticism articles. In "My Literary Hometown", Wang Yuewen wrote from the history and culture, customs and customs of his hometown of Pupu and the stories of family relatives, and strived to explore the relationship between his life experience and literary creation; "My Literary Creation" reviewed the creation process of many of His works in the past 31 years of Wang Yuewen's literary creation, and truly recorded his mental journey before and after the creation and publication of his works; in "My Literary Review", Wang Yuewen purposefully explained his understanding of novel creation and examined his gains and losses in the process of literary creation.
In "Shouting Mountain Response", Wang Yuewen overlaps his literary path with his life trajectory with his simple and smooth, humorous and wise artistic atmosphere, traces the spiritual umbilical cord of his literary creation, presents his keen observation of human nature in a pristine way, and records his spiritual journey of repeatedly confirming himself in witnessing history.
Wu Yiqin, secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association, believes that in the contemporary Chinese literary scene, Wang Yuewen is a writer with a very unique style, who writes with rich experience and profound insight into life, compassion and social responsibility.
Shi Zhanjun, editor-in-chief of People's Literature, believes that Wang Yuewen's literary creation has fully demonstrated his outstanding achievements at many levels as an important writer of contemporary serious literature.
What is the source of inspiration for creation?
For the source of inspiration for his own creation, Wang Yuewen wrote in "Shouting Mountain Ying" "My Literary Creation": "I just love literature, I write about the life I am most familiar with. I have been soaked in red dust for a long time, heard and witnessed, and seen and experienced with my own eyes, and my chest often stirred with compassion and sorrow. If I were a painter, I might have sprinkled a lot of shocking colors on the canvas; if I were a singer, I might have sung long songs along the way; but I was a writer, and I would write novels. Regarding the writer's mission, Wang Yuewen frankly said: "I have not thought of any mission and responsibility, at most it is only out of the writer's instinct." ”
How to define a good novel?
From "Chinese Painting" to "Great Qing Xiangguo", from "Flooding Water" to "The First Year of the Love Calendar", Wang Yuewen's novel works continue to meet the readers' multi-level aesthetic experience. And how does Wang Yuewen himself define a good novel?
Wang Yuewen responded in the article: "The good novel in my mind, first of all, it is true, even more real than reality. The so-called 'more real than reality' seems to be logical, it refers to the writer's refinement and removal of reality, showing an essential truth. There is certainly a good side to this truth, but it cannot avoid the cruel and dark side. The conscience of the novelist is that he cannot turn his face in the face of the truth. ”
How do you see the ever-changing labels on yourself?
"Some people read "Chinese Painting" and say that I am an official novelist; some people read "The Great Qing Xiangguo" and say that I have transformed into a historical novel; some people read "The First Year of the Love Calendar" and say that I have transformed into an urban novel; I have written many rural novels like "Man Shui". I never admit that I have a so-called transformation, which only shows that I have created a variety of subjects. However, the process of writing is also the process of growing up as a writer. For the label given to him by the outside world, Wang Yuewen gave such an answer in the article.
It is reported that "Shouting Mountain Ying" has been at the forefront of the hot list of new books in the essay category since its publication and listing, and when it comes to the reasons, the publisher believes that Wang Yuewen has long become a phenomenon-level writer in china's contemporary literary circles.
And how does Wang Yuewen integrate his life imprint into literary creation? How to cling to yourself in the harsh torrent of reality? How to break through the barrier of discourse again and again to reach the essence of truth? These questions that readers are curious about can be found in "Shouting Mountain Response".
Source: Xiaoxiang Morning News