The language of the web
What impact will online writing have on literary language, and even literary thinking? At present, this question is still hypothetical.
In the works of first-class novelists, poets, and essayists, the literary language seems to remain the same, the sun is still the sun, and the moon is still the moon.
But a few years, or a dozen years later,
"Post-80s"
The "post-90s" generation has grown into front-line writers, and this problem may no longer be just a problem, I am afraid it will become a reality that we must face.
Chinese have experienced a transformation of writing tools, from soft pens to hard pens – from brushes to pencils, oil pens, and fountain pens.
The outstanding feature of ancient Chinese is its simplicity and large package capacity. This is closely related to the fact that writing instruments are brushes and rice paper.
Earlier, it had to be engraved on tortoise shells and animal bones, which was more cumbersome to operate. The current ** documents, clichés, face-saving words, and car talk are long and cumbersome, mainly because there is a writing team, or print.
If the regulations had to be written by principal officials at all levels, they would certainly not be the way they are now. A writing instrument is not just a tool, it is a part of the writing mind, but a fundamental part.
The literary style of a period is inseparable from the social environment and living habits of a period. The style of writing in a period is also a whole, and although there are differences in specific writers, they are differences in the overall appearance.
The May Fourth period was a kind of appearance, the literary period of the liberated areas was a kind of appearance, and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China were a kind of appearance.
Since the 70s of the 20th century, all people have learned foreign languages, writers and poets
The imitation language of the "translated style" is a kind of appearance. Nowadays, online writing is not only literary writing, but also a direct expression of life, in the past, we Chinese expressed their private life limited to diaries, but now they have moved to blogs, the space is larger, and the open space is larger.
In the past, a diary was a diary, literature was literature, and when a book like "The Golden Vase of Plums" was written, the author had to be incognito.
The transformation brought about by online writing is that a person no longer to:
The identity of a "writer" experiences life, but faces life as a human being. Literature is no longer a mirror, it has become man himself.
You can use the changes in restaurants as a reference. A city's restaurants are adjusted almost every ten years, with exterior decoration, tables and chairs, variety of dishes, and even tableware.
Now is the year of impetuous reform, and the cycle of adjustment is shorter. We walked into an unfamiliar restaurant, and the first impression was very vivid,
"It's a fashion restaurant" or
"It's a restaurant that's not running well." The staple food of the meal is unchanged, which is the main premise, rice, noodles, fish, meat, vegetables, etc.
But the cooking techniques and styles are changing, and some are also the same, such as:
"West Lake Vinegar Fish"
The famous dish of "Dongpo elbow" has been frozen as a memory and has become a cultural signboard. When a dish becomes a signboard, it is equivalent to a writer's work producing epoch-making artistic charm.
Food is a folk style, writing is a literary style, and the main principles are all connected.