In fact, there is no shadow of Marquez at the beginning of "Alive", and the reason why Zhuang Yan mentioned "Alive" is actually just to fool.

Sure enough, Ma Yinchu asked inexplicably: "What is one first person and another first person?"

Zhuang Yan explains, "It's similar to a two-tier narrative structure, where two narrators are quoted to tell the story in the first person. ”

Liang Qichao and they all frowned, they know the double-layer narrative, this is just a simple narrative method, but isn't it a bit strange that a book mainly uses this kind of double-layer narrative structure?

And Ma Yinchu pondered for a while and then shook his head and said, "When it comes to the double-layer narrative structure, I have to mention the French Mérimée, who is really good at this kind of creative technique. The combination of the two first-person people you proposed is feasible in terms of means, but it does test your narrative skills. ”

When Ma Yin first mentioned Mérimée, Yu Hai and the others suddenly realized that the writing technique that Zhuang Yan wanted to say was the Mérimée narrative structure.

Liang Qichao pushed his glasses and smiled: "I probably know why Ziyan mentioned this two-layer narrative structure." ”

Ma Yinchu also smiled: "I probably guessed it, but I want to say that Ziyan has always said that your literary skills are rough, but now it seems that this is not the case." How could a person with very poor literary skills write the kind of beginning of "Border City", and how could he be so familiar with Merry's American double-layered narrative structure?"

Zhuang Yan is now in a state of complete confusion, what is the Merry American two-layer narrative structure? He only knows the two-layer narrative structure, which is a writing technique often used by later writers, and there is nothing unusual about it.

Who is this Mérimée, Zhuang Yan searched in his mind for a while, and then remembered that the author of "Carmen" seemed to be called Mérimée.

When many people talk about "Carmen", perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is the movie "Carmen" and the opera "Carmen", especially the latter, as long as you have paid a little attention to the opera, there is basically no one who does not know this great opera of Bizet.

And the reason why Zhuang Yan can think of Mérimée's original work is not because of how well-read and knowledgeable he is, but because he used to have a tablemate who liked "Carmen" very much, and he said this in his ear every day for a while, and gradually, he had an impression of it.

Listening to Ma Yinchu's meaning, this two-layer narrative structure was invented or arisen by this Mérimée.

"Hey, no explanation, no modesty, we can understand. Seeing Zhuang Yan stunned, Ma Yin smiled at first, and then he said to Liang Qichao, "Zhuoru, since Ziyan himself doesn't speak, then you can tell us, why did he think of this Merry American-style double-layer structure?"

Liang Qichao didn't shirk, "Then I'll act as a narrator to talk about it, when it comes to the double-layer narrative structure, it must be impossible to avoid Mérimé." And when it comes to why Mérimée created this two-tiered narrative structure, it has nothing to do with his origins. ”

"Before talking about his origin, we should know that the connection between the author and the work is difficult to separate, although we have always been committed to separating the relationship between the author and the work, but we all know that this is basically impossible. ”

In the course of his long travels, Mérimée gradually realized this two-tiered narrative structure, in which neither the first narrator nor the second narrator could achieve omniscient and omnipotent perspective. For the story to move forward, it must develop with the sensory changes of the second narrator......"

Liang Qichao said for about ten minutes, but he was to the point, and it didn't seem long and cumbersome. It's just that Zhuang Yan knows that this is because the current people's research on literary skills is not enough, otherwise Liang Qichao can save at least half of the time.

Because some Liang Qichao wants to explain something for a minute or two, maybe in the 21st century, all it needs is a simple term.

At least Zhuang Yan has turned over Genet's "narrative perspective" before, which mentions the external perspective, the internal perspective, and the omniscient perspective. There's a whole bunch of other jargon that's the result of years of research.

It's a pity that Zhuang Yan has only tasted this kind of book in a superficial way, otherwise if he memorized all these professional terms and published a book in this world, it would be hundreds of times taller than the messy books he bought before his predecessor to teach people to write.

In the end, Liang Qichao concluded: "It is Ziyan who wants to give up this connection between himself and the work, so he wants to choose this two-layer narrative structure, so that people will not be able to find out that the story is fake." ”

After Liang Qichao finished speaking, the others laughed and applauded, Ma Yinchu said with a smile: "Zhuo Ru talks eloquently, which makes a lot of sense, but I think Ziyan is not necessary to talk about the double-layer narrative structure now, because the first-person perspective of "Alive" has been almost perfect, if it weren't for the fact that the story itself is too far from the real world, I think most people may think that "Alive" is a true story." ”

Zhuang Yan shook his head with a smile, making it impossible to tell what he wanted to express. In fact, he wanted to say that "Alive" is a true story for him, and he experienced all the stories in it with Fugui in his dream.

It can be said that this book was written by Fugui himself, so it is not true, so how can it be considered real?

At this time, Yu Hai suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "Alas, weren't we talking about the beginning of "Border City" just now, why did we talk about any two-layer narrative structure?

"Yes, Ziyan, speaking of which, you still haven't explained why you came up with such a beginning as a border city. Liang Qichao said.

Zhuang Yan glanced at Yu Hai, thinking that he had almost been fooled just now, but he had to bring it up again.

However, Zhuang Yan had already thought of the rhetoric in his heart, and he said: "After writing "Alive", I thought carefully about the beginning, such as "Alive", if it is not written in the first person, but in the third person, then how should I write it? ”

"It's that simple?" asked Ma Yinchu in disbelief.

Zhuang Yan nodded, "Well, it's not that complicated, it's that simple." ”

"If you were asked to write 'Alive' in the third person, how would you write it?" Liang Qichao suddenly asked.

Zhuang Yan said with a smile, "I will start like this, many years later, when Fugui is working in the fields, he will remember the afternoon when his father took him to the city to propose." ”

Ma Yinchu almost laughed, "You're completely copying." ”

Zhuang Yan shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "I copied my own, I should be able to." ”