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Chapter 398 Invite Mo Bai to take a class at Yanda University
Yanda.

"Students, today we will continue to talk about contemporary literature."

Yan Xingzhi, a professor of the Chinese Department, is a well-known professor at Yanda University. His teaching philosophy is rigorous and solid, and he is deeply loved by students.

"Contemporary literature, that is, literature written by contemporary writers. However, the literature we are going to talk about today is not in our textbooks."

There was no teaching plan, Yan Xingzhi started the lecture directly: "I believe that many students have read this work, even if they haven't read it, they have watched the TV series adapted from this work. He is Mr. Mo Bai's Liaozhai."

"Wow, Liaozhai."

"Professor Yan actually talks about Liaozhai."

"Great, Professor Yan, we like Liaozhai so much."

"By the way, Professor Yan, have you watched A Chinese Ghost Story? It's so well shot."

When Yan Xingzhi talked about Liaozhai, all the students in the audience became more interested.

In the recent period, I am afraid that the most eye-catching one is Liaozhai written by Mo Bai.

"It seems that everyone likes Liaozhai."

Seeing everyone's interest, Yan Xingzhi also nodded: "In this case, let's talk about the characteristics of Liaozhai. In addition, we have also studied Gan Bao's Sou Shen Ji before. Let's think about it separately. Both are works of ghost novels, what are the differences?"

In fact, Liao Zhai is a work that does not appear in textbooks, but Yan Xingzhi is open-minded, and after he has studied Liaozhai seriously, he already believes that the achievements of Liaozhai can be included in textbooks.

"Professor Yan, I think both novels are fantasy novels, both are based on legends and stories, both use objects to describe people, and both reveal the darkness of society and the cruelty of rulers."

One of the students stood up and said.

"Very well, any more?"

"Professor Yan, I think the two novels are very well written, but the writing style of Sou Shen Ji is more charming, and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a bit more casual."

This student just said this, but some students in the audience laughed: "Zhou Mingsong, you don't know what you are reading is Mo Bai's translation."

"Hehe...that's true, this student should read the ancient Chinese version of Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio."

Yan Xingzhi also smiled slightly and said.

Speaking of it, Tales from a Liaozhai Studio is also a wonderful work.

He has two versions.

One is naturally a translation that Mo Bai wrote for everyone’s convenience.

The other is the ancient version.

Compared with the ancient Chinese version, the most familiar one is the translated version.

After all, it is written in a modern colloquial style. On the one hand, readers can understand it at a glance, and on the other hand, the words are humorous and interesting, which has attracted countless people.

It's just that if you think that the writing style of Liao Zhai is really like this, then you underestimate this work of Liaozhai too much.

If you look at the ancient version of Liao Zhai, you will be able to appreciate the charm of this work.

"Professor Yan, I think Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio is very much influenced by "Sou Shen Ji" and "You Ming Lu". Therefore, in Liaozhai, we can see more unconstrained stories. Moreover, it is also deeply inspired by the stories to expose social dark."

Another student stood up and said.

"Very well, any more?"

Yan Xingzhi also nodded.

"Professor Yan, although I feel that Liaozhai is influenced by "Sou Shen Ji" and "You Ming Lu", but I think Liaozhai is better than blue because of blue."

Another student stood up and said.

"Your point of view is the same as that discussed by other students on the forum before. Liaozhai has surpassed Sou Shen Ji."

Yan Xingzhi's eyes lit up and said.

"Yes."

"Can you tell me why?"

"Professor Yan, I don't have many reasons. I just think that Liaozhai is well written, better than Sou Shen Ji and You Ming Lu."

The student scratched his scalp and smiled awkwardly.

Of course, the other students laughed out loud when they saw this.

"This student, please sit down. I wonder if there are any other students who can supplement this point."

Yan Xingzhi still smiled and continued to ask.

It's just a pity that all the students in the audience were thinking and couldn't answer for the time being.

In fact, this critical point has appeared in Yanda Forum before, and Yan Xingzhi also read it at that time.It's just that when I called out this critical point, I encountered too many people's opposition.However, when Liaozhai created records, and even faintly surpassed the Wizard of Oz, people began to re-examine Liaozhai.

It's just a pity that I'm still a student after all, and what I'm getting is a masterpiece, so all the students don't know where to compare.

"Actually, we can make comparisons from three aspects."

Seeing that everyone was thinking, Yan Xingzhi reminded: "First, we can analyze from the intention of the author to create the work. In the last few lectures we talked about the creative intention of Ganbao, the author of Sou Shen Ji, to invent Shinto without False, it means that I wrote Sou Shen Ji to prove that ghosts and ghosts are not fake...but what is the intention of Liaozhai's creation? In the preface of Liaozhai Zhiyi, the author has written, collecting armpits as fur , a false continuation of the record of the nether world, written in vain, is only a book of loneliness and indignation... Obviously this is a book for the author to vent his inner feelings. This feeling is deeply rooted in reality, and it reveals more profoundly the darkness of society."

At this point, some students in the audience stood up: "Professor Yan, I understand a little bit. Because the two authors have different creative intentions, even though Sou Shen Ji is well written, he only wrote it for the sake of It proves that ghosts and gods exist. Even if some of these works have played a role in exposing the darkness of society, but the ideological understanding is relatively shallow, and the criticism is not strong enough."

"Yes."

Seeing that a student in the audience understood clearly, Yan Xingzhi nodded in satisfaction: "Liao Zhai is quite different, because this is a book of loneliness and anger, and all the dissatisfaction of the author is vented. Although some of these dissatisfaction It’s not entirely accurate, but we can already see from his starting point that although Liao Zhai writes about monsters and monsters, the most important thing is his metaphor.”

"Of course, apart from the creative intentions, the characters in the two works are also very different. Ganbao lived in an era when religious thoughts prevailed, and many stories were recorded for religious purposes, with a strong sense of ignorance. Some images of ghosts and gods are often created. It is a conformity, limited in a specific circle. The character is relatively single, beautiful, ugly, good, or evil, without much imagination. Take the fox as an example. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the fox was always regarded as a ferocious and evil Animals are also called fox spirits. But in this work of Liao Zhai, the fox in our eyes is just like a human being. It has the needs of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and also has emotions and desires. The image of the characters is more plump than Sou Shen Ji."

"Besides, there are also obvious differences between the two in terms of the content of the novel..."

A class lasted 45 minutes. Yan Xingzhi explained while interacting with the students in the audience. In a blink of an eye, it was time for get out of class to end.

"Okay, that's all for this lesson."

Seeing the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Yan Xingzhi prepared to end get out of class.

However, just as Yan Xingzhi was about to leave get out of class, a student stood up and said, "Professor Yan, can you invite Mr. Mo Bai to come to our school and give us a lesson?"

(End of this chapter)