On November 14, a dialogue of "Life Lightened by Literature-Mai Jia and Xie Youshun Talking about Literature and Reading" was staged in the Jinwan District Library of Zhuhai City. Mai Jia’s works such as "Decryption", "Conspiracy", and "Wind Sound" have been put on the screen and are well known to the majority of film and television audiences. In his view, literature is a beacon that lights up his life, allowing him to experience the possible diversity of life. The "rich experience" in the book also makes him tougher and the "suffering" in literature. Continually explore the essence of life and exercise the ability to love others in it.
"Reading makes me yearn to go out of my hometown"
"I love Zhuhai more than myself." Mai Jia opened the conversation with a slightly playful opening remark. This sentence is not without reason. In the experience of Mai's family, Zhuhai is related to literature, and has played a similar role in his life-"lighting up".
"As early as 1987, I had been to Zhuhai because of an event for literary lovers. At that time, the whole city was bright, which can be described as shocking." Mai Jia recalled that Zhuhai was a clean street in his eyes. The neat street trees and the spotless seawall all left a deep impression on him.
"This is different from other cities I have known in the past. I feel that it is not born out of history, but grown out of expectations and ideals, embracing the products of the times." Mai Jia said that with the city of Zhuhai more than 30 years ago His encounter also "lighted up" his imagination of the city and opened up a whole new world. The experience of
also reminded the Mai family of the first wonderful encounter with literature-a book called "Linhaixueyuan" that was used to set fire to the stove. The Mai family, who was still in junior high school, picked up this book by accident while helping to burn the fire, and was deeply attracted by the story. He read as if he was a treasure, and even read his father's ears before he was willing to come out to eat.
"The story in the book opened a window for me, let me know that there is a place where life is like this, the difference in my hometown is so great, and there are a group of people with beliefs and ideals, it opened immediately My yearning for going out of the country and looking at life outside.” The uncomplicated story of the novel fascinated the Mai family. The characters and locations in the book were copied back and forth by him, and he even copied the whole story later, immersed in it. among them.
"Literature shrinks the real world and enriches the heart"
The light of literature illuminates the heart of Mai Jia, leading him to the road of reading, opening a colorful world in literature, and experiencing all kinds of life. "The world is very big, but literature is the biggest. Literature can help the world become smaller and experience more life in books, so that our hearts will become richer and tougher." According to Mai Jia, literature belongs to "life". "The professionalism of this discipline also guides the growth of people. The greatest significance of literature is to awaken the emotion of loving others and to read and teach the power of love. "Reading literature will make you feel sentimental and be able to perceive changes in these specific things, as small as fallen leaves and withered trees can cause emotional changes." He believes that the process of reading is like exercising physical fitness through continuous growth. Reading volume enhances our ability to love.
"The biggest benefit of reading is to wake up, not to gain knowledge. In many cases, people cannot fully understand themselves, but discover what they have in their hearts through reading." Dialogue guest and professor of Chinese Department of Sun Yat-sen University Xie Youshun also expressed his views. He believes that literature actually provides multiple possibilities for life, telling us not to look at the world too simplistically, but to try to look at life with a broader and diverse perspective.
topic views
about writing and life, real and fictitious
literature is a restoration of life, and found that the characteristic of life is the motivation of writing
Mai Jia believes that life is diverse and does not have much height and depth in most of the time. In writing, writers often discover the characteristics of life and generate the urge to write and share. In fact, life often deceives us and is full of various untruths. The truth in literature is based on a restoration of life discoveries, which can often withstand trials and speculations. Created in
novelsDoes your character have a prototype in real life? This is a question that is often asked, and it makes the Mai family a little afraid of being asked. Mai Jia said that in his works, they are basically "fabricated". There are no prototypes at all. They are characters created through a lot of reading. This is also the skill of novelists. Good works can't only have the elements of "grounding" on the ground, but need to have a certain distance and sublimation from reality. Most things that are completely close to life and universal do not have the value of sharing.
Regarding the reading experience of
literary works, you can make unreasonable comments. It is not necessary to "hard gnaw" the classics.
has readers suggesting whether Mai Jia can comment on film and television works adapted from his novels. Mai Jia responded that the original author does not have a greater right to comment on literary creations than the general audience. Any readers and viewers can boldly use their willful rights and make comments in the most intuitive way, without fear of right or wrong. If you comment too much, you will naturally gain growth.
Maijia believes that for any multi-literary work, it is not necessary to force yourself to read it in. This also loses the fun of reading. Even if it is a classic classic, when you hold a book and read it for more than ten minutes, and you don’t find it attractive, you can just throw it aside, don’t feel pity. And when you throw away enough books, there will always be one you are reluctant to throw away, opening up a whole new experience in life for you.
[Collection] Dong Qianjun
[Author] Dong Qianjun
[Source] Southern Press Media Group Southern + Client
