I must admit, the literature that founding me is feudal in the process of " of countryside of northeast of " high density, it is important that the Garcia Maerkesi of Williams · Faulkner of the United States and Colombia gave me inspire.
After discontinue one's studying, I mix mark at growing up in, began " to read the long career of " with ear. More than 200 years ago, the great gift that my birthplace ever gave a taletelling -- Pu Songling, a lot of people of our village, include me, be him send a person. The field edge of a field that I work in collective, in the stable stable of the production team, on the hot the warmer end of kang of my grandfather grandma, on the oxcart that advancing groggily even, listen respectfully fun of legend of lots and lots of divine spirit stories, history, anecdote, these stories are contacted together cheek by jowl with local environment, familial history, make I produced sharp real move.
-- the section is chosen from Mo Yan Nobel literature award awarded prize 2012 the speech on celebration
Autumn 2012, chinese literature bound boiled. Because China wins the writer of " of award of " Nobel literature the first times,appeared. The author is awaited in those days is literary courtyard is big be born anew, china is so old eventually somebody fill this blank is glad of course. The author returns those who did a Chinese to read understanding between the university entrance exam, those who tell is Mo Yan will win Nobel literature award guess with real possibility. At that time, still be the author with unripe high school the attitude that adopting suspicion finished of that specification article read understanding, that read understanding notch very low, but to award of literature of Mo Yan Nobel it is very clear to forecast me to remember however. Be in as expected this is forecasted 2012 became reality.
Someone says Shen Congwen, old abandon, Lu Xun these writers are to very big odds wins Nobel literature award, but, nobel literature award is in China after all was expected old ability falls to Mo Yan to go up personally eventually on this land. Also be not go blindly adoring nobel prize, basically be this award it is the award that Hesperian approves generally, carry this award Chinese literature more meeting by people place hep. Perhaps Mo Yan drew up the " of a few China can'ts bear " , the foreigner loves to see this trifling " can't bear " , but, the contribution that Mo Yan is Chinese the literary world to make also cannot be obliterated completely. Of course, the author does not love to see Mo Yan very, just must have for some kind of reason macroscopical hold just. Sometimes the author is thinking, why Lu Xun is critically of the Chinese can be chased after extremely hold in both hands, and can Mo Yan get are a lot of people critically? Whether does the face have amid of likes and dislikes here, complete unknown.
Cross the person of two taletelling of the times
It is the Pu Songling of Shandong person together, be in China is widely known, mo Yan carried off the writer of widely known also is become after nobel prize. A literary wonder that spans 200 years is in Shandong the distinctive style that oneself developed for Chinese the literary world jointly on this land. Everybody was familiar with Pu Songling and Mo Yan too, him Mo Yan also said: It is him not only, the people of high density countryside is Pu Songling sends a person yes. The author, writing this article is to hope to use this article, inheritance of 200 years is lain between when letting everybody see, the literary sequence of thought of a such come down in one continuous line. Two are the person of meeting taletelling, see them how tell the story that gives a strange unreal with same technique.
1, immortal phantom, deep and serene mystery still has bit of " belief "
What the author should say above all is " superstition " this word is not derogatory sense word here however a neuter word. The author knows friend of a few Shandong, place became long discover they have a lot of views to the thing of these immortal phantoms. Author impression is the deepest is the story of " of grandmother of " Mount Taishan, the child that says a little extraordinary time is born is to cannot go up of the father-in-law, otherwise father-in-law grandmother can leave you when father-in-law boy. Such story, they still said with me a few, actually the author is listening to have taste particularly really.
Shandong person loves to talk about " of " ghosts and gods to no matter when be,appear to hold water, "Wrap around trailing plants takes Li, 3 gate family name feels and be " coquettish " god of snake of; ox ghost, grow ungual Lang Yin and become addiction. Cypher sounds of nature, not choose good news, have by like that. Loose, fall fall Qiu Ying's fire, ; of win honour for of Chi evil spirit chases the dirt that chases bronco, not two laugh at. Just be not dry treasure, affection of; of elegant look love search kind Huang Zhou, satisfactory talk about ghost. Hear take up his pen, make up in order to become then. "This is Pu Songling " author's preface talking about fast " a paragraph of medium word. Everybody also knows, " different of annals talking about fast " what saying after all. What everybody sees to this work is monster demon, taking a lot of mysterious colour and strange unreal tint. In " learn Pu Songling " in, mo Yan is to keep person or account no matter, "Write will do not have a shadow, go having footprint, difficult differentiate of ghosts and gods, clever different not is measured. "" nocturnal fishing " in, "My " is to follow originally " of 9 father's younger brother goes to " together those who take crab, met the young woman like an immortal in midnight however. And with my " that one ibid goes to " of 9 father's younger brother was resembling demon however like, "Blowing leaf " dedicatedly, how to cry to also did not respond to Zhi of Zhi of " chirp chirp, noise is sent more barpque. "This story, the author is read at the outset be like with respect to the feeling " different of Liao Zhai annals " in the story of demon of student encounter beauty. " Liao Zhai " much is such stories in the story, seem " chain " , " beautiful sister-in-law " , " Nie Xiaoqian " etc, these stories have a way basically, such covering the road also affected Mo Yan. " iron child " medium hero is a little boy that has iron to make a living. Nobody knows little boy comes from which, the author also was not explained in article, he himself takes iron not only, the " in still guiding a novel my " -- a little boy that escapes from nursery school eats reinforcing steel bar together, have a handgun, so that " my " smells civilian food, send out in steamed stuffed bun and pachyrhizus this is effluvial, also taking on the parental body that joins oneself such effluvial, make " my " wants to escape quickly they. The bizarre plot of the generation in folk, in Pu Songling and Mo Yan the wording and purpose of what one writes becomes absorbing, they are collective the civilian element of successor Shandong person. " learn Pu Songling " the work that actually the author thinks this book is he greets to Pu Songling, not only formally, it is in that way similar on content. Not only short story, novel " frog " the frog of within said a word, " wine country " the story that has a baby, " transparent carrot " black child it is fantastic is mixed magical, still still have of course " different of annals talking about fast " in peculiar horrible atmosphere.
2, faint and critically reality and satirize
Someone says: "Novel " of Mo Yan weighs in the hand the history with the perspective of common people, language and even thinking means, go to derive people culture, folk mental resource, those who go restoring the history is true, reductive live specificly the true colors of setting and civilian society, go behaving fresh civilian life history and life history. Those who do not have moral sex is homiletic, be in without the body the exalted sentiment of temple hall, won't go painstakingly critically what, what to disclose, he just states a fact objectively or recall the history, he is to serve as a farmer to be in all the time writing, so the series connection of common old practice that the character also is the nobody in a few countries rises. . . . . . He from beginning to end the civilian perspective with equality, the civilian language of smooth fact and peculiar civilian imagination go taletelling, and these civilian sexes in also making his text version element. And these civilian sexes in also making his text version element..
The author thinks this paragraph of word is not completely correct, it is like he and Pu Songling actually in faint and critically what. Critically reality of Pu Songling need not say naturally. What " writes ghost to keep evil spirit a cut above others pricks to the marrow of the cruel that have an insatiable desire for thorn 3 minutes " , what: "" different of annals talking about fast " although also be like congener at that time book, remember story of evil spirit of energy of immortal fox ghost nothing more than, like that depict winding, appraise second neat and tidy, with legend law, and blame with annals, the shape of irregular change, if be in at present; Or easy mix changes spring, different of person of the abnormal that fasten appraise goes, stem from unreal region, enter the world suddenly; Narrate bits of news occasionally, also much more concise, friend reader eye, do it anew. "" Chinese novel Shi Lue " . Pu Songling puts him into this work to resentment of actual have one's bosom filled with, come with these acid reality, " take an examination of town god " , " the department that take an examination of fraud " , " land is sentenced " these are irony reality. The Mo Yan that answers relatively to it, also be such: The famousest is that ministry " the song of heaven garlic a kind of sedge " . " the song of heaven garlic a kind of sedge " the real event that draw materials produces in real life. In May 1987, one when happen in real life has volatile event extremely -- the call that thousands of farmer answers prefectural government cultivates garlic a kind of sedge in great quantities, result garlic a kind of sedge is all and slow-moving, prefectural government official was not cared about however, extremely worried farmer is initiative gather rise, surrounded prefectural government, broke office equipment, led to astonish " of temporarily incident of " garlic a kind of sedge. Still have " wine country " , feed baby especially, a kind of such Babylon act, it is unexpectedly in this wine country, by degenerated country people system is changed, dimensions is changed, the program is changed. And the senior scout Ding Gou that provincial capital comes to check namely unexpectedly do not come out, was lost by circumvent by temptation then resistance, must bend disgrace ground to drop into indicative numerous mouth difficult differentiate finally dirty and muddy world -- in big latrine pit, aeon must not turn over. Come again an advance wave upon wave person -- after master home Mo Yan walks into wine country, same also immediateness was dropped by absorb corruption. Below condition of such angst of a kind of life, alleged feed baby, solid hope to ate off future just. Mo Yan learns Pu Songling's critically and actual feature, the feature that those who be is reality of Pusong age irony, will critically reality more enlarge.
3, of the dialect such as civilian element apply
Regard literature as work, the writer that perhaps succeeds again, they love to use dialect to add the color of his article in his work. Be like Feng Ji to just like to use Tianjin dialect, the Shanghai that Wang Anyi uses is dialectal, qian Zhongshu's Jiangzhe is dialectal, carry on of Lu Xun some promotes a word to wait a moment. Pu Songling is not exceptional also in " Liao Zhai " " sister marries easily " : Father is not had plan, zhou Zhang is about to die oneself. Next female in side, be not its elder sister quite, suffering forces those who persuade. Elder sister anger says: "Little girl, also learn person Die noisy! Why doesn't Er go from him? "Sister says: "A father never belongs to Mao Lang with the girl formerly; If belong to Mao Lang with the girl, why does elder sister of irritated elder sister persuade to drive also? "In Shandong part a rural area, people is used to appellation
Father is " father " . " official of department thin pieces of wood used for writing on in ancient China " : Niu Shoushan one monk, from renown a strong determined person, renown iron excrement. Have a verse 40, all without exception of the person that see shakes his side. From engrave seal 2: Say: "Scoundrel goes child " , say " simple minded spills leather " . Si Zhizi of beautiful water king its poem, the name says: " Niu Shan 40 fart " . Paragraph cloud: "Scoundrel goes child, simple minded spills Pi Fang. Need not read its poem. Label name is full already Jie Yi. "Row child, in " annals of Zi plain dialect " in have two meanings: Thing, all sorts of specific or abstract thing (derogatory sense) refer in particular to a person (derogatory sense) . Among them the 2nd meaning brings " collect of music of Liao Zhai vulgar " in " the top of a wall writes down the 4th times " : "Such travel child true birds and beasts, fine words persuades you not to listen surely, ability Lao is worn you respect father. "Mo Yan is not exceptional also, he also was to use rife dialect: "No matter black clothes police pays no attention to, consider bead of wheel have sth in mind to see pretty woman only. "" red sorghum is familial " the meaning that " of bead of " wheel have sth in mind points to rotational eyeball; "Great-grandmother says anxiously outside: ' old stuff, the girl does not have a meal, how do you say to do? Squint of the great-grandfather outside ' is worn eyes showing the effects of drink, say: ' is burned she! Burn she is not gently, is she hit what chart? '"" squint is worn while " points to to be carried on brow, the eye is controlling the state that sees a person with Yu Guang hypodermically, "The meaning that burns so that " points to flighty, madcap, have an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities " red sorghum is familial " the eyelash that the great-grandfather outside " is staring at a grandma, say quarrelsomely: ' you need not wool of wing of have sth in mind of evil spirit follows my pretend to be deaf and dumb, unless you died, the ghost that dying also is single home... " , " evil spirit is worn the meaning that " points to to ground of straight arris arris is being stretched, sometimes also with " evil spirit is worn the condition that arm " will come to behave a person to opening double arm in spite of oneself.
Hong Kong makes public an university to award Moyan honorary literature doctor's degree, he himself was mentioned why to want in the speech when Mo Yan accepts honorary doctor's degree so zealous with dialect, he says Shandong word a lot of jargon are the archaism that comes from Yu Dianya, although listen not quite understand, but the effect that once be written to paper,with respect to meeting generation a lot of expect are less than. Describe benefit of a blade to won't use " sharp " however " wind fast " , fast like wind. On the inheritance of dialectal jargon, mo Yan also is learning Pu Songling. Bine of a kind of when because these jargon dialect say them,create one root tuber.
