Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 1035 Centrism
Zhuang Yu is the most well-known Chinese writer in France besides Zhang Zhong, so it is not surprising that Empoli knows him.

"Thank you very much for your kindness." Zhuang Yu said with a smile.

"Your arrival surprised me..."

Although it was his first contact with Empoli, Zhang Zhong's impression of Empoli was that this guy looked kind, honest and honest, but he was very tactful.

Take what he said to Zhuang Yu, the list of members of their Huaxia Literature Exchange Group has been announced a long time ago, and a copy must have been sent to Empoli's desk long ago, which means that Empoli He knew exactly who would be in the group, but he still pretended to be extremely surprised by Zhuang Yu's arrival.

After Zhang Zhong introduced the members of the Huaxia Exchange Group, Empoli briefly introduced the welcome team of their Fourth University.

Zhang Zhong paid more attention to Adrian, the dean of the Faculty of Arts.

Adrian is not just the dean of the Faculty of Arts of the Fourth University. He was also the winner of the Goncourt Prize for Literature and one of the most famous writers in France.

Adrian was born in Niort, a city in southwestern France, and he spent a long time in the Middle East, so he has a good understanding of Middle Eastern literature.

Later, he settled in Barcelona, ​​Spain, engaged in translation work, and taught Arabic for a period of time at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

It was not until 2003 that he published his first novel.

And his first novel won many literary awards.

It was not until six years ago that he returned to France from Barcelona to teach at the Fourth University.

His Goncourt Prize-winning work that year was The Needle. The novel mainly expresses the contribution of Eastern literature to Western identity. Adrian integrated his travel experience in the Middle East into the novel. The protagonist Betel is a An Austrian musicologist suffering from insomnia, he was admitted to a Vienna hospital with his illness, where he thought about life day and night.

Zhang Zhong smiled and shook hands with Adrian, "I am very glad to meet you. I have also read your work "Needle". Your insights into Eastern and Western cultures are impressive. If I have the opportunity, I hope I can have further exchanges with you about Chinese and Western cultures."

After listening to the translation with his head sideways, Adrian said with a smile, "Isn't it a rare opportunity for you to appear at the gate of the Fourth University now? In the next two days, we have time to discuss what we want to do. Topics to discuss. There are many things in you that I am very interested in."

"Hopefully it won't be too intense for two days."

"Then we have to hurry up."

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In the next half day, Empoli took the Huaxia Literature Exchange Group to walk around the campus of Fourth University as usual.

As a university with a long history, the scenery of the school is of course not a problem. Zhang Zhong and the others also paid attention to the library of the Fourth University.

The simple and simple style has a special meaning. When Zhang Zhong and the others walked through the library, there were still many students studying in the library, and the atmosphere was very good.

Although the arrival of Zhang Zhong and the others caused a little commotion, the students were very restrained and did not make any outrageous actions.

After eating at a hotel near the school at noon, the exchange group started a half-day chat with the Fourth University delegation.

There is no special charter for the so-called literary exchange, it is enough for people on both sides to sit together and chat.

However, the slight difference is that when they were chatting, there were many media reporters filming beside them.

These reporters are all official media, not only the official media in France, but also some media reporters from China.

What they chatted together today will be conveyed to readers through the pens of these media reporters.

So small talk can't just be small talk.

In the half-day chat, both sides were very polite, and it took two or three hours just to use the topic to guide the other party to introduce the literary situation in their own country.

It can be said that this half day is the time for both sides to engage in commercial nonsense.

After the literary exchange on the first day was over, the small talk on the second day became a little different.

The stage of commercial nonsense has passed, and the two sides have begun to ask each other some more targeted questions.

Adrian has a better understanding of Middle Eastern culture, but the Middle East does not represent the East.

His understanding of Huaxia is limited to the reports of media reporters and the bidding documents on literary works.

"I once read "Xi Bo" by Mr. Zhuang. The rural stories described in the book are amazing. I once thought that the Chinese villages were just like those described in "Xi Bo." When referring to the impression of Chinese culture, Adrian said with a smile.

Zhuang Yu said, "Actually, there is nothing wrong with that. The countryside in China used to be basically as described in the book, but that was a long time ago. China has developed rapidly in recent years, and the sea has changed a lot."

Adrian nodded, "Many works of Mr. Zhuang and pz let me see the traces of China's integration with the West. I thought that even if China's integration with the West would lag behind the West, but what I didn't expect At that time, Chinese literature was not only in line with the West, but also blazed its own path. I hope to see more things about the Chinese nation in Huaxia works, because only national things can truly go to the world.”

"It's not so much that Chinese writers hope to go to the world, but rather that we hope to promote Chinese culture to the world platform for everyone to exchange. We believe that when cultures communicate and collide, they can inspire more exciting sparks." Zhang Zhong said with a smile, "This is also the purpose of our coming to France and the Fourth University. We hope to sit with the best French writers, get to know each other, and then let us know each other through your eyes and mouth. Rediscover ourselves."

Empoli nodded again and again, "This is also what we expect, and we also believe that your group's visit to the Fourth University this time can bring us many new, creative and inspiring things. In addition, in my heart I always have a question I want to ask pz and other friends. There is a word in your Huaxia called the distinction between Huaxia and barbarians. Does this mean that there is a deep-rooted Chinese culture? hegemony and centralism?"

This question is already very sharp, but Zhang Zhong and the others didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Since the other party asked a question, they should just answer it carefully. Moreover, this question is not a difficult one. Anyone in their group can solve it .

(End of this chapter)