Professor Hong Zicheng's lecture "Several Issues in World Literature in Contemporary Literature" successfully held

Author:Literary vision Time:2022.09.22

On the afternoon of September 16, 2022, the lecture brought by Mr. Hong Zicheng, a professor and a famous literary historian, "Several Issues in Contemporary Literature" brought by Mr. Hong Zicheng, a famous literary historian, was held in the conference room 5049 in the main building of Beijing Normal University. The lecture was held online and offline simultaneously. A total of more than 1,400 people watched the lecture live broadcast, which attracted widespread attention in the academic community. This event is sponsored by the School of Literature of Beijing Normal University. It is one of the courses of doctoral literature and literature at the University of Literature and Literature of the Beijing Normal University. One of the activities. The lecture was chaired by Professor Zhang Li, deputy dean of the School of Literature of Beijing Normal University, and Professor Liu Yong, Professor Liu Hongtao, and Li Baoyang of Beijing Normal University University of Literature. Talk.

At the beginning of the meeting, Liu Yong, president of the Chinese Modern Literature Research Association and a professor at the School of Arts of Beijing Normal University, delivered a speech on behalf of the Beijing Normal University. Professor Liu Yong expressed warm welcome and deep respect for Professor Hong Zicheng. He introduced Professor Hong Zicheng's academic achievements and his important contributions to Chinese modern and contemporary literature research. He emphasized that Professor Hong Zicheng's lecture in Beishi University itself was of great significance and was an important literary event. This literary incident will leave a mark in the history of academic history and the development of the Northern Normal University.

The first problem talked about by Professor Hong Zicheng in the lecture is the reason and motivation for writing the book "World Literature in Contemporary Literature". Professor Hong Zicheng first reviewed the history of foreign literature reading in his youth, and talked about the feelings of writing writers such as Chekhov, Camus, and Pas Jolner in the past. He mentioned that the writing of this book is more from the perspective of interest, not from the perspective of the discipline, but in the process of research, there are some thinking about disciplines. He pointed out that in the existing more important history of Chinese contemporary literature, the publishing and translations of foreign literature were not mentioned, which is inconsistent with the actual development process of contemporary Chinese literature. In fact, it is the common problem of the academic community that inspires his thinking. On this basis, Professor Hong Zicheng put forward his concerns about the current discipline system of literary research. He believes that the division of disciplines is becoming more and more detailed today, and the separation is getting bigger and bigger, which will cause many interdisciplinary problems to be put on discussions because it is difficult to be classified into a certain discipline.

The second question mentioned by Professor Hong Zicheng is the method and perspective of the book "World Literature in Contemporary Literature". He pointed out that the book is not a study method in the strict sense. In other words, the focus is not the comparative problem of the dual structure between the two literature, but to emphasize and highlight how contemporary literature is the main body, uses the resources of foreign literature, and constructs themselves in the pattern of world literature The problem. This is a study from the perspective of socialist cultural reflection. In fact, the relevant discussion of this book is also carried out within the culture. In the title of "World Literature in Contemporary Literature", "Chinese" is a directional word, which means that the "world literature" to be discussed is not the original "world literature", but the world literature in contemporary literature. Starting from this field of perspective, we in turn pay attention and think about what is "contemporary literature".

At the same time, Professor Hong Zicheng pointed out that we should recognize the differences and differences between contemporary literature and modern literature in methodology. Compared with modern literature research, we cannot ignore the participation of national design levels that contemporary literature receives, and we must not be concerned about our attitudes and preferences for foreign literature.

After the lecture, Professor Liu Yong, Professor Liu Hongtao, and Mr. Li Baoyang expressed their opinions. Professor Liu Yong said that after listening to Professor Hong Zicheng's lecture, he deeply felt that between modern literature and contemporary literature, from content to methods are fundamentally different. Recognizing this is an important role in the development of our entire discipline.

Professor Liu Hongtao pointed out that the book "World Literature in Contemporary Literature" has important methodological significance. Research on Chinese and foreign literary relations in the past often regards Chinese literature as passive and exchanging receptors that accept external influences. In this book, Professor Hong Zicheng discusses the issue of how Chinese literature has internalized world literature through the inside of contemporary literature, and emphasizes the subjectivity of contemporary Chinese literature.

In his speech, Teacher Li Baiyang reviewed many academic masterpieces of Professor Hong Zicheng, and discussed how we should face the ideological revelation of Professor Hong Zicheng today. He pointed out that a common problem in the Chinese and contemporary literature research community is too entangled in the evaluation of the object. But Professor Hong Zicheng is not the case. If you want to summarize his academic attitude in one sentence, it is to surpass the evaluation and face rich and complicated historical experience. At the same time, he also mentioned that Professor Hong Zicheng's research not only has important academic value, but also has the meaning of life history and spiritual history.

Professor Zhang Li concluded that Professor Hong Zicheng as an important literary historian, during the speech, made her admiration for historical materials such as several treasures and hand -over.She believes that Professor Hong Zicheng is deeply inspiring how contemporary literature is embedded in world literature and how world literature is related to contemporary literature production.Professor Hong Zicheng and his lectures are at the forefront of the discipline, bringing us a new point of view and new methods.At the end of the lecture, Professor Hong Zicheng answered the questions raised by the teachers and students with enthusiasm and patiently, answering questions for the students.The lecture ended in warm applause.As Professor Liu Yong said, Professor Hong Zicheng came to the Beijing Normal University to hold a lecture, which was an important literary event.I believe that all teachers and students who listened to this lecture online were inspired from this lecture.