What does it feel like to be watched by dozens of people at the same time?

Su Wen is not a person who has not experienced a big scene, but he is still a little uncomfortable at this time.

After all, this scene is not a glorious scene, on the contrary, it is a little embarrassing, and of course it is not comfortable.

Su Wen didn't expect this Professor Hou to have such a temper, as if he was very resentful, and when he came up, he asked Su Wen's whereabouts, as if Su Wen owed him how much money he couldn't find anyone.

In the face of everyone's gloating eyes, Su Wen could only raise his hand and say, "It's here, here!" ”

Hou Bowang glanced at him and said expressionlessly: "It's rare, it's really rare, it's really not easy to see your soda talent!" From the beginning of school to the present, I haven't seen you every time you are named! ”

That's ironic!

In and out of words, it was all sarcasm about Su Wen.

Well, Su Wen only smiled helplessly.

"Professor Hou, there have been a lot of things recently, so I can only ask for leave from the school. Yes, I asked for leave, and I apologize. Su Wen said cowardly.

Anyway, everyone is old, and he can't refute anything. Besides, the two had no grudges or grudges in the past, and they couldn't make a big fuss because of this incident.

Hou Bowang was still expressionless and said, "There are many things? Who doesn't have much to do in this world, do you think that just you, Su Wen, are busy, and others have nothing to do? I'm here for classes, and it's not that everything doesn't matter! ”

Su Wen said yes again and again, and apologized again, and his attitude was as low as that of a dog.

Professor Hou didn't care much about himself, seeing that Su Wen's attitude was sincere, he also taught what should be taught, and said: "Don't miss my class in the future, otherwise I really won't give you a pass." After speaking, he beckoned everyone to come back to their senses. I'm ready for his class.

Su Wen smiled bitterly, and Professor Hou's last warning made him a little distressed.

Do you come to this class every class?

In other words, this ancient novel is relatively simple, if you want to understand the context of ancient literature, Su Wen plans to take classes in the classical literature major, then you can also learn something more systematically.

Now look at Professor Hou's posture. It was very serious and serious, and there was no human affection to talk about the class. And it is said that he has few things to do, and he arranges more class hours for this class, two classes a day, three or four days a week with his class, if all his Su Wen's time is concentrated here, plus other homework, then there is almost no independent time.

There was no time. How does he create?

He is different from ordinary students, he doesn't need to learn anything, what he needs is time, use this time to think, and then "create" works that are suitable for reading in this era.

However, now it seems that this old Professor Hou is difficult to coordinate.

"It's a blessing for other students to meet such a serious and responsible professor, but it's a disaster for me." Su Wen's face was very bitter.

on the podium. Hou Bowang began to lecture on his class.

There is no special textbook for this "Ancient Novel", and Professor Hou Lao teaches it with his own lecture notes.

People who take classes in this way. Most of them have real materials, and even if they don't have a head to the Tao, they have their own opinions.

Su Wen had been absent from classes for more than a month and had missed a lot of homework, but now that he listens to it, there is no system to speak of.

On the podium, Hou Bowang was talking about the legendary story of the Tang Dynasty. Comparing him as a classical literature with a classical novel, he also argues for his relationship with the creation of modern novels.

I have to say that he said it more informatively, and he cited a lot of information, and the classics came out casually. Historical allusions are readily available, and students listen more carefully.

Su Wen also listened to it with interest for a while, and hurriedly snatched the notes from Ma Junwu's hand to check his previous records.

The above are all some combing of Hou Bowang's "Ancient Novels", and there is nothing new at the beginning, most of them use the term "novel" of Zhuangzi to explain the origin of the novel.

Zhuangzi? Foreign Objects": "The husband is tired of exposing the rod, the fun is desecrated, and the salamander is guarded, which is difficult to get a big fish; The novel is used as a dry county order, and it is far away in Dada. ”

The word "novel" appears here, which is certainly not the definition of a novel now, on the contrary, it also has a derogatory flavor, which probably means that relying on trivial remarks to seek high fame and reputation is far from the mysterious avenue.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many schools of thought, and many scholars and strategists often set up metaphors, quoted historical events, skillfully borrowed myths, and used fables in order to embellish the words to enhance the effect of the article. Zhuangzi thought that these were insignificant, so he called them "novels"

Hou Bowang's meaning is also very clear, there is no need to push the source of the novel back to more than 2,000 years ago just because Zhuangzi said "novel", after all, the novel that people say is not a good thing.

The definition of "novelist" really appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huan Tan's "New Treatise": "Novelists combine small words, take metaphors closely, and make short books to govern their families, and there are considerable words." "Bangu's Book of Han? After the "Art and Literature Journal" listed the novelists as ten, the definition under it is: "The flow of novelists is made by barnyard officials, street talk, and hearsay." ”

Such articles, such as Gan Bao's "Sou Shen Ji", all fall into this category.

Hou Bowang believes that this is not a novel, at most it can only be said to be a fable, even if it is written about characters, it is just like recording history, like a biography of characters.

If this is also a novel, then the novel is even more difficult to define, such as the biographies of "Historical Records", who knows if Sima Qian is fictional.

He believes that what is closer to the current definition of fiction is the legendary story of the Tang Dynasty, which describes characters and stories, and reflects social life, which is close to the fictional story category of modern novels.

With the advent of the Song Dynasty, a novel in the true sense was formed.

In this course, Hou Bowang first sorted out the origin, inheritance and development of ancient novels, and then explained in detail the characteristics of novels in various eras. He focused on the stories of the Tang and Song dynasties, believing that most of the classical novels were based on the stories of this era, and finally he gave examples of the four classical masterpieces that were born after the emergence of the Chinese Empire.

Yes, even if history has changed, some historical processes have still taken place, and the emergence of the four famous works is the best proof of this.

Before this, Su Wen had learned what was going on with the four famous novels, except for "Dream of Red Mansions", which appeared a little later in his previous life, the other "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", and "Water Margin" are basically similar.

Most of these three novels are based on the stories of the Tang and Song dynasties, and then other stories are derived. Before the birth of the Chinese Empire, there were all kinds of scripts circulated among the people, even if there was no Luo Guanzhong, there were still great talents who could write them about the same, as vivid, and as classic.

The only difference is that there is no "Dream of Red Mansions".

Yes, there is no "Dream of Red Mansions" in this world!

But don't think that without "Dream of Red Mansions", Su Wen can move the Red Mansion over in a grand manner? (To be continued.) )