Chapter 536: Each has been coquettish for hundreds of years
The situation of boom poetry: between "tradition" and "avant-garde".
"Tradition" and "avant-garde" are originally opposites, but the attitude towards craze poetry is the same - and standing on the side of the poetry scene, co-starring in a mixed duet against craze poetry.
"Tradition" mainly accuses the boom poems of not expressing the main theme of the times.
This accusation is not unfounded, because the craze poets mostly write about "I" and even trivial matters. But I don't think it's incompatible with the main theme.
Praise the loyalty of love, express the longing for the hometown, encourage people not to be lost in the face of setbacks, not to be pessimistic in the twilight years, to express the desire to break the iron rice bowl and break out, etc., are not the antiphon of the main theme, but a harmonious concerto.
The Boom poet conveyed warm love and encouraged people to forge ahead, and did not deviate from the spirit of the times. Of course, writing about people who want to catch bad guys while falling in love, and writing about "I" not sighing when I am frustrated, but laughing towards the world, etc., has a very high ideological realm, but if you don't do this, it doesn't mean that you deviate from the "double for".
At that time, Chairman *** emphasized the unity of motive and effect at the Yan'an *****, and this literary and artistic point of view is still of guiding significance.
If the content of the work is divorced from the reality of the reader's thoughts and feelings, it will be difficult for people to accept it. As a result, the ideological realm of Ren's works is higher, and the effect is not good.
"What is not in the world, we will create, the most advanced in the world, we can catch up. Can this kind of "poetry" truly serve the people and socialism? The principle of "double for" should be adhered to at all times.
The so-called "persistence" refers to the conscientious implementation, not just the words. Please poets do not forget that the vast number of young people are a part of the people, and they are a very important part. Because they are the future of our nation and the hope of our cause.
It is beneficial to the cause of socialism to cultivate their temperament, purify their souls, and cultivate their love for truth, goodness, and beauty through poetry.
The experience of craze poetry is worth learning. Poets must think about young boys and girls and strive to create poems that they love. Go among them, share the joys and sorrows with them, and pull down the cold face of the strict teacher, which will make you also gain gorgeous youth.
The "avant-garde" seem to have abandoned the ten-year-old prayer for tolerance in art, and their criticism of craze poetry is extremely harsh.
The article ""Wang Guo is really hot" is really a historical misunderstanding" is a representative. The author of the essay asserted that Wang Shi had degenerated into slaves and plays, and was very disgusted by Wang Guozhen's view that "my poems are based on the reader", accusing Wang of "making poetry fall into the water from the status of the main body and serving as a tool for education or some kind of secular needs", leading to "the annihilation of the conscience of poetry", and at least setting Chinese poetry back by ten years.
This commentator's emotions are so excited, he is simply not in harmony with Wang Guozhen.
This is the most vivid expression of the "avant-garde's" attitude towards craze poetry.
Poetry is an independent art form, and its "ontology" must be valued. But if poetry is forcibly alienated from society and readers because of this, in this way, poetry is "pure" and empty.
The author of this article declares, "Explorers of avant-garde poetry have gradually turned their gaze from the outside world to the inward, and have a deeper experience and grasp of existence." This exploration should undoubtedly be respected, but can "survive" as an object of exploration, once it has left society, can it still "survive"?
Poetry should be based on the reader, or what should it be written for? Even if the masterpiece is 100% "pure", someone has to appreciate it. "Poetic conscience" comes from the poet's conscience, preaching truth, goodness, and beauty, and lashing out at falsehood, evil, and ugliness.
Therefore, poetry should not evade the responsibility of edification, but should dare to face the "world". Nowadays, the "secular" position has been occupied too much by bizarre martial arts and twisted pop songs. It would be a great thing if poetry could be stationed, so that there would be less "vulgarity" in this "world".
The ontology emphasized by "avant-garde" actually refers to artistry, which is not necessarily incompatible with "edification" and "secularity".
Craze poetry pursues a combination of the two, and has been a welcome success. I would like to advise this friend not to be nostalgic for the "unprecedented gathering" of 1986, because it is not the glory of the "vanguard", but really "never recognized by serious poets", and "the abuse of language", as evidenced by the great vernacular, the big "black" language, and the big coarse language listed above.
To be honest, if there was no "assembly", the majority of readers would not have welcomed Xi Murong and Wang Guozhen so warmly, and there would not have been a boom in poetry.
Boom poems roll through the canyon where the "traditional" and the "avant-garde" confront, and the heat waves crash against the gorge walls. No matter what kind of reverberation the gorge wall makes, it can't stop it from moving forward, and it goes straight into the hearts of many readers.
Isn't everyone hoping for a hundred flowers to bloom? So, why not let craze poetry take its place?
Besides, the fate of the craze poem.
Where there is heat, there must be cold, and when the tide rises, there must be ebb and flow, which is the law of nature. Every craze poetry fever reaches its peak, and it will inevitably subside, which is the fate of craze poetry.
The "avant-garde" theorists predicted: "Wang Guo is really forgotten, just like Qiong Yao, it will only be three or two years", and I agree with his estimate of time. In the past three or two years, there is no need to regret this for Wang Guozhen and other enthusiastic poets, because their poems have become hot and shining.
"There are talented people from generation to generation, each leading the way for hundreds of years."
This is history. In this ever-changing contemporary era, being able to lead the way for three or two years is already a great talent. In reply to a friend, Luo Pai said, "Because flowers wither, they are more beautiful than flowers made of gold."
Wang Guozhen's "forgotten" is a great fortune in the poetry world.
The old craze receded, the new craze came, and the poetry world was full of vitality.
If a tide of poetry always depends on it, it is not a tide, but a pool of stagnant water. As a result, the reader will get bored, and the literary form of poetry will face doom.
However, Wang Guozhen may not really be "forgotten", because the craze of poetry, this unprecedented poetic phenomenon, will be recorded in the history of poetry, and no one can deny its existence and influence.
At this point, I would like to change a few words at the end of the article "In the Canyon of the Confrontation between "Tradition" and "Avant-garde" as the end of this article: The Craze poet found his place in the canyon of the confrontation between "tradition" and "avant-garde", and seized the opportunity to grow into his own landscape.