Subtitle of this chapter: No matter what he does, I think it is enough to listen to him.

"Trust me, Helen. You'll have a lot more readers in the future than the few of them combined! ”

Miss Brown, whose self-confidence was devastated, had tears in her eyes and asked weakly, "Really?" ”

Our Master Yuan nodded affirmatively and said, "Of course it's true. When did I lie to you? ”

He patted his chest and said: "Your Majesty, I, a fool, dare to pack tickets, you will be popular, yours will be popular, and your adapted movies and stage plays will be even more popular!" You will become a real queen, a queen of love. ”

In fact, the "little fairy in the forest", who had been fooled by "Dionysus" many times but did not know it, still believed these words again, and she said excitedly: "Lord Fool, I believe in you! ”

"I'll go home and finish Titanic now!"

"I won't come to see you until I'm done!"

"Hmm!" Yuan Yanqian nodded approvingly, "This is my Majesty the Queen!" ”

He winked at Mr. McCall and said, "Your Majesty, it's almost Christmas." I haven't had anything to do these days, and you don't have to come here all the time. ”

John, a smart man, nodded understandingly, he understood that Neo wanted to spend more time with Helen during this time, urging her to finish the book.

"See you at Christmas, then, my majesty."

Master Yuan saw off the Emperor and Empress and turned back to the living room. As soon as he entered, he heard Master Ai Craft arguing with Mr. Fitzgerald about something. It's a pity that the articulate man is definitely not as good as his writing, and the scene is completely suppressed by the sharp Mr. Fitzgerald.

When he, the owner of the literary salon, saw this situation, he hurriedly interjected and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry I missed the company just now. By the way, what are you talking about?"

Lord Ai Craft was finally relieved to see his appearance, and preemptively said, "Neo, we are 'discussing' whether Miss Brown has a ...... Literariness。 ”

Here's what happened in the living room just now. After listening to the beginning of "Titanic" recited by Miss Brown, everyone immediately felt what was written here. In fact, the future "Queen of Love" has no talent in the way of writing, and her social experience is even more shallow and pitiful. Therefore, it is inevitable that the writing will be a little pretentious, and the hollowness will be a little pale.

These professional writers really didn't know how to "evaluate" this book for a while, and the atmosphere became a little awkward. At this time, in order to "liven up" the atmosphere, Mr. Fitzgerald bluntly "praised" this book will definitely be welcomed by the elementary school girls.

"Helen of Manhattan" is also a daughter from a wealthy family, and when she heard this "praise", she was ashamed and angry and rushed out of the door.

The master of love craftsmanship has had a good relationship with this kind-hearted and funny little girl recently. So he opened his mouth to defend the work of his colleagues. After this back and forth, the two of them came to the top of "Literariness".

"Oh, so you're talking about literature."

Hearing such a word, Master Yuan also frowned. The definition of literariness is a topic of the century in the field of literary criticism and theory throughout the twentieth century. Even after a hundred years, there is no conclusion, but it is becoming more and more complicated by people from all walks of life.

To put it simply, "literary" refers to the nature of what makes a text literary. In the vernacular, what kind of text can be considered literature in the true sense.

However, the simpler the question, the more complex the answer, for example, a poetess surnamed Zhao wrote a poem "A Man in Tennessee", which is one sentence: There is no doubt that the pie I make is the best in the world.

So is this kind of text considered literature?

Ordinary people may be able to take this poem as a joke, but if it comes to literary theory, it will definitely go around. Eventually, in the field of literary theory, there was a tacit retreat to "textualism", that is, the definition of "any form of speech that fixes words is called text". Such an attitude is tantamount to abandoning the pursuit of a literary definition.

In order to ease the atmosphere between the crowd, Mr. Dresser, who was next to him, opened his mouth and asked, "Neo, what do you think about this problem?" ”

"What do I think...... Master Yuan smiled slightly, "Actually, I don't think it's important for me to be literary, because listening to it is the end and means of every book." For some, listening to it is its raison d'être; For others, the Inpose is the standard it should meet......"

He didn't want to get bogged down in such unanswered questions, so he pulled the conversation away.

"In short, everyone has a different judgment of Inbutsi, so everyone's evaluation of it is different. As long as one book is made to some people feel that it is listened to, there is no need to deliberately please all readers. ”

In fact, a public intellectual surnamed Wang in the real sense of the word said something similar in later generations, and Yuan Yanqian modified it slightly in order to avoid "pickup pickup".

He pointed to Mr. Dresser and Miss Cather, and said, "Like both." One showed me the true face of American cities, and the other gave me a taste of savagery that I had never seen before, so both of you were very good at me with a lot of noise. ”

"And Mr. Fitzgerald......" he said as he walked up to the young writer, "like many writers, your debut novel, Paradise on Earth, should be considered semi-autobiographical." ”

The protagonist of "Paradise on Earth" is a typical "lost generation". He came from a wealthy background, so he became selfish and empty-sighted. His college years at Princeton intensified his rebellion against middle-class vulgar manners.

Just when the protagonist almost lost his purpose in life, he left his alma mater and went to the battlefield. During the war, his mother died, and his friends were either killed or missing. After the war, he lost his lover, his job, and his mentor for many years.

The protagonist finally returns to Princeton, and finally realizes that this is life. Whatever he's missing along the way, at least he's got to know himself.

Master Yuan patted Mr. Fitzgerald on the shoulder and said, "So I learned from your book about the thoughts of my peers in the United States about life. That's enough to listen to the blows. ”

"As for Mr. Love...... "Ladies and gentlemen, you should really read him, and you really want to read him!" ”

Yuan Yan said in her heart, as for whether your SAN value will go to zero, it's none of my business.

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Hey, it's not okay if you don't save the manuscript.

By the way, how about the title of the book "Master of Troubled Times"?