Many literature lovers have mentioned this question to varying degrees when communicating with me, where is the soul of literature?

I feel that this question is worth thinking about, and in the face of the questions of these warriors who are loyal to literature, I have thought deeply, is the soul of literature, where is it?

I have read a lot of literary materials, and there are those who talk about the main line and those who talk about ideas, but I feel that they are too demanding and profound, and I always feel that the reality is too far away.

Where exactly is the soul of literature? My answer is in the writer's heart. A writer is a person who integrates ideology, artistry, and literature, and can not ignore the decisive role played by literary works on people's thoughts at any time, there are many writers, but the real writer is to use the idea of the work to drive people's thoughts, that is, to take out the writer's own thoughts for others to recognize, accept, and imitate, it can be said that the writer is the combination of the times and the heart, and the work is the product of the times and ideals.

A good work is not necessarily a vanity with beautiful words, on the contrary, plain language can write a work that is loved by the public.

The ideology of the work reflects the writer's thoughts, the language of the work reflects the writer's self-cultivation, the content of the work is closely related to the writer's heart, and the theme of the writer comes from the writer's insight into reality.

Literary works do not matter whether they are good or bad, the key lies in whether the ideological views can be recognized by the public, if this kind of thinking, this mode of thinking is recognized by the public, it will affect people's thinking and consciousness for a long period of time, whether it is realist literature or abstract literature, they all embody an idea, and this thought is the soul of literature.

The writer's thinking is positive, the literary writer who writes is the correct orientation of thinking, the writer's thinking is sluggish, erratic, or inferior, and the content of the literary writer is not in line with the development of the times.

The work has the character of the times, maybe the works of the predecessors in the eyes of today, maybe many places are flawed, or very plain, but in the environment at that time, it is perfect, but it is in line with the needs of the public in the historical environment, which we can see from the works of famous writers in different periods, in fact, writers are not linguists, there is no need to describe events and characters in unintelligible language and incomprehensible literature, and there is no need to arm their thoughts with the words of the ancients, so that the thoughts appear unclear. After all, the ancients lived in a different era from today's people, and the thinking of the ancients was even more different from today's people, so it is a good work to write your own thoughts, express your thoughts, and give literary works eyes, hearts, energy, and souls.

The above is a little shallow opinion, and I hope to discuss it with literary friends.