In the next two days, everyone did not do anything else, but gathered together to discuss Zhou Hexuan's new work "Praise".

This is a very mature modernist poem, and of course, the name "modernist" has not yet been widely recognized. It was not until next year that Sun Zuoyun published an article "On Modernism" in Tsinghua Weekly, and the "Modernism" was truly established in the literary world.

More than ten years ago, Xu Zhimo, Wen Yiduo, Guo Moruo and others pioneered and explored the way of vernacular poetry. They borrowed from the creative mode of Western poetry, and then inherited the existing characteristics of ancient Chinese poetry, and integrated Eastern and Western poetry to form their own different styles.

Throughout the 1920s, Chinese vernacular poetry was basically dominated by "romanticism", the most typical being Xu Zhimo and Guo Moruo.

In the 30s, with the outbreak of the 918 Incident and the 128 Incident, Chinese intellectuals developed a strong sense of national crisis. As a result, poetry began to shift from "romanticism" to "realism". For example, Chen Mengjia, who used to write romantic poems, has gradually preferred realistic poems in recent years.

The representatives of the "realist poetry trend" include Ai Qing, Jiang Guangci, Yin Fu, Pu Feng, Tian Jian, etc., most of whom belong to left-wing poets. They grasped the reality, tracked the times, and wrote poems that could attract the public, and now occupy the mainstream of the poetry world.

As for the "modernist" poetry, the origin of its name can be traced back to the magazine "Modern" edited by Shi Yucun and Du Heng. Next year, Bian Zhilin edited the magazine "Mercury" in Beiping, and the year after that, Dai Wangshu edited the monthly magazine "New Poetry", and more and more poets joined the ranks of "modernism".

The establishment of "modernist" poetry is of great significance to the Chinese poetry circle, and it is the embodiment of the real maturity of Chinese vernacular poetry. It cannot be distinguished by "romanticism" and "realism", for example, Zhou Hexuan's plagiarized "Praise", which perfectly integrates the two styles of "romanticism" and "realism". Not only that, Western aestheticism, expressionism, symbolism, surrealism and other techniques often appear in "modernist" poetry.

Zhou Hexuan took out the poem "Praise" now, which is definitely more likely to cause a sensation than when Mu Dan wrote it seven years later. Because the "modernists" are still in the groping stage, "Praise", a modernist poetry with a fully mature style, is tantamount to an atomic bomb to the poets of 1934.

Again, it's like in the era of Nokia, when an Apple smartphone was suddenly launched.

In fact, the hazy poems copied by Zhou Hexuan before, strictly speaking, also belong to the category of modernist poetry, and have been continuously studied by poets in the Republic of China over the years. But the poem "Praise" is even more terrifying, its combination of thought, emotion and technique is almost perfect, and people are deeply fascinated by it.

At night, a lone lamp.

Xu Zhimo couldn't put it down while holding "Praise", and sighed again and again: "It's so beautiful, it's completely a work of art!" ”

Hu Shi smiled: "As long as it is a good thing, it is a work of art in your eyes." ”

"I'm ready to change the style of writing poetry." Xu Zhimo said suddenly.

"Then I'm looking forward to your new work, you haven't written poetry for almost a year." Hu Shidao.

Xu Zhimo is not a whim, but really likes the style of "modernist" poetry.

Historically, if Xu Zhimo had not died early, his creation would have inevitably moved closer to the "Modernist" - the works of the "Late Crescent School" were infinitely close to the "Modernist", and there was almost no difference in creative techniques, but the creative concept was very different.

For example, Bian Zhilin is a cadre of the "Modernist School" and a member of the "Later Crescent School".

When Hu Shi left the room, Xu Zhimo picked up the poem again and recited it in a low voice repeatedly, studying its creative techniques almost word by word.

Three days later.

Everyone dispersed, and Hu Shi returned to Beiping with dozens of works, preparing to compile the "Collection of Auspicious Runes".

There was a long conversation between Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, and no one knew what they said. But Xu Zhimo went to his hometown in Haining, while Lu Xiaoman still returned to Shanghai, probably planning to separate for a period of time.

……

Shanghai, Editorial Department of Hyundai Magazine.

Du Heng came to the editor-in-chief's office with a copy of "Ta Kung Pao" and shouted loudly: "Lao Shi, the auspicious runes will be new again!" ”

"They're eating hot pot again?" Shi Yucun joked.

"A poem, a very wonderful vernacular poem," Du Heng exclaimed, "Mr. Zhou really deserves his reputation." ”

Shi Yucun is an excellent poet in his own right, and can be called the initiator of "modernist" poetry. He heard that Zhou Hexuan was writing poems again, so he quickly got up and said, "Show me!" ”

These days, "Ta Kung Pao" will report on the content of the Xiang Rune Society every day, and Xu Zhimo's big bald photo has caused a huge sensation.

Shi Yucun grabbed the newspaper and quickly turned to the relevant page, which was a full-page report.

The previous article was written by a reporter, mainly describing the latest progress of the Xiang Rune Society, as well as various interesting stories that happened to celebrities, and then the original article published Zhou Hexuan's "Praise".

"Good poetry, not lost to Auden, comparable to Eliot!" Shi Yucun praised again and again, "This is what poetry should look like!" ”

Eliot was the most influential poet in Europe and the United States in the 20s, and was even hailed as "the greatest modern poet". Auden, on the other hand, is an anti-fascist poet whose influence in China has increased greatly in the past two years, and young poets in China are imitating Auden's style.

What Shelley, what Byron, it's long gone, that's Xu Zhimo's idol of their generation.

The young people of today are either talking about Eliot or Auden. If you go to any literary gathering, talking about Shelley and Byron will be considered old-fashioned and unable to keep up with the development of the times.

It's like chasing stars, for a while.

Du Heng smiled: "I think I can contact Mr. Zhou and publish this poem in the next issue of "Modern". ”

"Yes, let's open a new poetry column in the next issue!" Shi Yucun said.

Shi Yucun belongs to Zhou Hexuan's die-hard fans, and he likes his previous hazy poems very much, and now of course he wants to support his idol's new poetry works.

As for Du Heng, he is a family, and the most sensational deed about him is to cause a controversy about the "third kind of person". He wrote an article last year saying that he was the third type of person who lived between reactionary literature and left-wing literature and art, and as a result, there was a great scuffle in the literary circles, and even Lu Xun, Qu Qiubai, and others joined the battle.

We mentioned this matter earlier, and the initiator is Du Heng. This gentleman is like a person who fried fish in later generations, threw out a strange point of view and withdrew, blowing up a bunch of bystanders spraying each other, but he, the troublemaker, stood by and watched the excitement.

Du Heng smiled and said, "You can write the poetry review, and I will write a letter to Mr. Zhou." ”

Zhou Hexuan threw out the poem "Praise", which happened to encounter the key point of the innovation of the poetry world, and it was impossible not to cause a sensation, and it is estimated that the "modernist" poetry would be formed in advance.