Yan Da.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today we will continue to talk about contemporary literature. ”

Professor Yan Xingzhi of the Department of Chinese is a well-known professor at Yan University, whose teaching philosophy is rigorous and thick, and is deeply loved by students.

"Contemporary literature, that is, literature that belongs to contemporary writers. However, the literature we are going to talk about today is not in our textbooks. ”

did not bring a lesson plan, Yan Xingzhi directly said: "I believe many students have read this work, even if they haven't read it, they have also watched the TV series adapted from this work, he is Mr. Mo Bai's Liaozhai." ”

"Wow, let's talk about fasting. ”

"Professor Yan actually talked about fasting. ”

"Great, Professor Yan, we love chatting so much. ”

"By the way, Professor Yan, have you seen A Chinese Ghost Story, it's too good. ”

Yan Xingyi said that he was talking about fasting, and the students in the audience suddenly became interested.

Recently, I am afraid that the most eye-catching thing is Mo Bai's chat.

"It seems that everyone likes to talk about fasting. ”

Seeing that everyone was so interested, Yan Xingzhi also nodded: "In that case, let's talk about the characteristics of Zhai." In addition, before this, we also studied the Sou Shen Ji written by Gan Bao, let's think about it separately, what are the differences between these two works that are both Zhiwei?"

In fact, Liao Zhai is a work that does not appear in textbooks, but Yan Xingyi is open-minded, and after he has carefully studied Liao Zhai, he already believes that Liao Zhai's achievements can be completely included in textbooks.

"Professor Yan, I think both of them are strange things, both are based on legends and stories, both use things to illustrate people, and both expose the darkness of society and the cruelty of rulers. ”

One of the students stood up and said.

"Well said, anything else?"

"Professor Yan, I think both of them are very well written, but the writing style of Sou Shen Ji is more charming, and there is some casualness in chatting about Zhai Zhiyi. ”

This student just said this, but some students in the audience laughed: "Zhou Mingsong, you won't read the Mo Bai translation version, right?" ”

"Huh...... Indeed, this student should go and see the ancient version of Liao Zhai Zhiwei. ”

Yan Xingzhi also smiled slightly and said.

Speaking of it, it's also strange to talk about Zhai.

He has two versions.

One is naturally a translation that Mo Bai is convenient for everyone to write.

The other is the ancient version.

Compared with the ancient version, the most familiar version is the translated version.

After all, it is written in a modern colloquial style, on the one hand, the reader can understand it at a glance, and on the other hand, the words are humorous and interesting, which attracts countless people.

It's just that you think that the writing style of Liao Zhai is really like this, then you are underestimating Liao Zhai's work.

Take a look at the ancient text version of Liao Zhai, and you can appreciate the charm of the text of this work.

"Professor Yan, I think that Liao Zhai Zhiwei is very influenced by "Sou Shen Ji" and "Yu Ming Lu", so in Liao Zhai, we can see more whimsical stories. Moreover, it is also deeply inspired, exposing the darkness of society with stories. ”

Another student stood up and said.

"Well said, anything else?"

Yan Xingzhi also nodded.

"Professor Yan, although I feel that Liao Zhai is influenced by "Sou Shen Ji" and "Youming Lu", I think that Liao Zhai Qing is better than blue out of blue. ”

Another student stood up and said.

"Your point of view, that is, the same as what other students discussed on the forum before, is that Liaozhai has surpassed Sou Shen Ji. ”

Yan Xingzhi's eyes lit up and said.

"Yes. ”

"Can you explain why?"

"Professor Yan, I don't have much reason, I just think that Liao Zhai is well written, better than Sou Shen Ji and Yu Ming Lu. ”

The student scratched his scalp and smiled awkwardly.

Of course, the other students also laughed when they saw this.

"This student, please sit down, I don't know if there are any other students who will add to this point. ”

Yan Xingzhi still smiled and continued to ask.

It's just a pity that all the students in the audience are thinking about it this time, and they can't answer it for the time being.

In fact, this point had appeared in the Yanda Forum before, and Yan Xingzhi also saw it at that time. It's just that when this threshold was shouted at that time, it was opposed by too many people. However, when Liao Zhai set a record, and even faintly surpassed the Wizard of Oz, people began to re-examine Liao Zhai.

It's just a pity that in the end, it's still a student, and it's still a masterpiece, and for a while, a group of students don't know where to compare.

"Actually, we can compare from three aspects. ”

Seeing that everyone was thinking, Yan Xingzhi prompted: "First, we can analyze it from the author's intention to create the work. In the last few lessons, we have talked about the creative intention of Gan Bao, the author of Sou Shen Ji, to invent Shinto without falsehood, which means that I wrote Sou Shen Ji to prove that the things of gods and ghosts are not fake...... And what is the creative intention of Liao Zhai? In the preface of Liao Zhai's strange stories, the author writes, collects the armpits as the fur, continues the record of the netherworld in vain, and carries the pen in vain, only becoming a book of loneliness and indignation...... Obviously, this is a book by the author to vent his inner feelings. This feeling is deeply rooted in reality, and it exposes the darkness of society more profoundly. ”

Speaking of this, some students in the audience stood up: "Professor Yan, I understand a little." It is precisely because the creative intentions of the two authors are different, so although Sou Shen Ji is also very well written, he is only to prove that ghosts and gods exist. Even if some of these works also play a role in exposing the darkness of society, their ideological understanding is relatively superficial, and the criticism is insufficient. ”

"Yes. ”

Seeing that there was a student in the audience who came to his senses, Yan Xingzhi nodded with satisfaction: "And Liaozhai is very different, because this is a book of loneliness and anger, and all that is vented is the author's dissatisfaction." Although some of these grievances are not entirely accurate, we can already see from his starting point that although Liao Zhai writes about demons and monsters, the most important thing is his metaphor. ”

Of course, in addition to the creative intentions, the characters of the two works are also very different. At a time when Gan Bao lived, religious thought was prevalent, and many stories were recorded with religious purposes and had a strong sense of ignorance. Some of the images of ghosts and gods are often conformed, confined to a specific circle. The character is relatively simple, or beautiful, or ugly, or good, or evil, and does not have much imagination. Take the fox as an example, the Wei and Jin dynasties have always regarded the fox as a ferocious and evil animal, also known as the fox spirit. But in the work of Liao Zhai, the fox in our eyes is like a human, with the needs of food, clothing, shelter and transportation, as well as seven emotions and six desires, distinguishing between right and wrong, love and hate...... It can be said that the characters in Liaozhai are more plump than those of Sou Shenji. ”

"In addition, there are obvious differences between the two in terms of creative content......

A class lasted 45 minutes, and Yan Xingyi explained while interacting with the students in the audience, and the time for the end of class soon came.

"Alright, that's all for this lesson. ”

Seeing that the bell rang for the end of class, Yan Xingzhi prepared to leave class.

It's just that just as Yan Xingzhi was about to leave class, a student in the audience stood up and said, "Professor Yan, can you ask Mr. Mo Bai to come to our school to give us a lesson?"