Lin Xiao: Where is the biggest highlight of the "Lu Xun Literature Award"?

Where is the biggest highlight of the "Lu Xun Literature Award"?

Author 丨 Lin Xiao

A few days ago, a news was screened in the WeChat circle of friends, which was the big event that could be called the Chinese literary world -the list of the 8th Lu Xun Literature Awards was announced. The lineup of this jury is not powerful, and the judges are celebrities who are literary. After the selection of each jury, with the review and approval of the Party Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, a total of 35 awards (ministries) works in 7 awards won the Eighth Lu Xun Literature Award. According to media reports, this is an affirmation of the hard work of the 35 authors and translators, and it is also a review and prospect of confidence in literature in the new era.

As a literary enthusiast, I have always held yearning and awe of the national important literature awards such as the Lu Xun Literature Award and the Mao Dun Literature Award. After all, these literary awards named after the literary master are worthy of respect. Over the years, I have not only paid attention to the dynamics of these important awards, but also purchased the reading and learning of these important awards. However, the so -called "greater hope, the greater the disappointment", the award -winning works have been read one after another, but the more you read the heart, the more it is not the taste, because the reading and reading, there are few works that can be remembered in the end. Over time, most of the main contents, main characters, storylines, etc. of some award -winning works have been forgotten.

As the top domestic literature award, the award -winning works of the Lu Xun Literature Awards and other important awards should be called "masterpiece". The original meaning of "famous work" is a famous work. In the current context, the meaning of "masterpiece" extends, which can have two layers of meaning. One is that the work itself has high literary value, which is a masterpiece; the other is the famous masterpiece; The work itself does not have much literary value, but it is very famous, and it is a "masterpiece" to add double quotes. Imagine that you can get important awards such as the Lu Xun Literature Award. The award -winning writer can not only get the dual awards in material and spiritual aspects. Overnight, the publishing house was printed and distributed overtime, and the situation of Luoyang paper expensive was unknown.

However, compared to many foreign literary works such as "Easter", "Old Man and Sea", "Gao Lao", "Old Old Man", "Sheep Fat Ball", "Quiet Don River", I can talk about a lot of main characters. , Story plot and experience after reading, especially after reading, even in the past many years, they are still familiar with these works. The "masterpiece" that won important awards such as the Lu Xun Literature Award makes it difficult to remember. This contrast is really puzzling. Even if I study with an open -minded attitude, I repeatedly figured out and appreciating it by sentence, although I can't say that "the bamboo basket is empty", but in the end, I believe that there are not a few people who have experienced me.

In recent years, Xiao Ying, a professor at Tsinghua University, called for the suspension of Mao Dun Literature Award to young writers and scholars to suspend the Lu Xun Literature Award. Why are you calling on the selection of important awards such as the Lu Xun Literature Award and the Mao Dun Literature Award? The reason is that although these awards are continuously selected, the winning works selected are generally difficult to get public recognition. It is considered that social influence and artistic quality are low. With the diverse social value, these award -winning works "tend to cater to cater to catering The market has lost 'persistence'.

After the results of the selection of the Lu Xun Literature Award were announced, various media scrambled to report, and the strength of the nine cattle and two tigers "dig" various related news. ", Even some places will issue millions of dollars to reward. A festive and warm atmosphere everywhere makes people think that the spring of literature has arrived. Of course, media reports and commendations are taken for granted. After all, it is not easy to win a prize, but is the spring of literature really coming? Stay away from the appearance of disturbing, and think carefully, whether the selection criteria for important awards such as the Lu Xun Literature Award can be more stringent and scientific, and whether the selected works can withstand the public and time inspection. The spiritual persistence, so, and so on may be the biggest point of the "Lu Xun Literature Award".

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