What kind of book is "Big Breasts and Fat Buttocks"?
(Discussion roundup).
Mo Yan's "Breast and Buttocks" was published in "Everyone" magazine last year and won the "Everyone Red River Literature Award" in 1995, and this year it was published as a single book by the Writers Publishing House. After the publication of this **, it caused a fierce debate, with some praising it, even more critics, and some being angry. The Yunnan Branch of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association also held two seminars to comment on the book. The main points of contention are summarized below.
1. Mo Yan's own explanation
The discussion of the book "Breasts and Buttocks" first began with its "eye-piercing" title. Mo Yan said that he "has no intention of using this 'fame' to sensationalize." "In order to eliminate misunderstandings", he published the article "Rich Breasts and Fat Buttocks" on "Guangming**", and made the following three explanations for why he named ** "Rich Breasts and Fat Buttocks", one of which is to "re-find this solemn simplicity, that is, to pursue the fundamentals of human beings"; The second is "I decided to write a big article dedicated to my mother, to write a long article ** to comfort my mother's soul in heaven", and this title is "symbolic"; Third, "'Breast Growth' and 'Fat Buttocks' are the most beautiful, sacred, solemn, and of course the most simple material forms on the earth and even in the universe. In short, "This work is about a mother who hopes that she can represent the world, a mother who praises a mother and hopes to sing the praises of the world." ”
2. The praiser said: This ** is a "work of epic character" and "a work of abundance".
Some people who were in favor of awarding the "Everyone Red River Literature Award" to "Rich Breasts and Fat Buttocks" affirmed the book.
The editor of "Everyone", who first launched this **, believes that "no matter from the ideological connotation, historical span, story content, and time and space capacity of the first class, the ingenious and unique structure is carried out", and it is a "work of epic character". Bai Ye thinks that (Breast Fat Buttocks) "is a long-form masterpiece with the thickness of life and the strength of thought." Liu Zhenyun called "Rich Breasts and Fat Buttocks" a rich work under a shallow and straight name, and a work full of grandeur by Mo Yan in the summary and stretch of literary emotions and world channels. Yu Hua believes that "this work is very successful", "the title is beautiful", and it is "the most beautiful of all Mo Yan's works". Liu Yiran believes that this is Mo Yan's "painstaking work" and "very successful". Li Wei, editor-in-chief of "Everyone", affirmed that this work writes about "two levels of maternal love", "thus expressing a deeper theme, that is, how our nation can be more hopeful and more developed".
3. Critics believe that this is a "distorted history, scandalized reality" and "a harmful work that mocks and curses the Chinese Communist Party."
Contrary to Mo Yan and his praisers, more people criticized the book in terms of the flow of ideas from the work, believing it to be a harmful work. The main points can be summarized as follows:
First, Mo Yan's pen is aimed at the communists who led the Chinese people to turn over and liberate, while he absurdly touts those revolutionary enemies, and his works imply "semi-colonial ideas". The mother's "breast enlargement" also has a distinct political leaning.
Mo Yan used a lot of space in his works to deliberately describe the erotic activities of the sexual ** golden boy, Peng Jingfeng said, "This is a kind of trick for Mo Yan, using pornography and sex ** to cover up what he is pointing at!" "He wants to write about the suffering caused by the Chinese Communist Party, which plays a leading role in China's modern and contemporary history, to the Chinese people represented by his mother." "The author used the technique of cross-contrast to write about the comings and goings of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party; The strange thing is that when the Kuomintang ruled, the mother had a very good life", "The Eighth Route Army came back, but the mother began to suffer again, and the third daughter was given ** by the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army, Sun Mu, and their whole family was imprisoned, hanged and beaten......Tang Zhenhua said, "After reading the whole book, it is still difficult for me to identify the things written in the book under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, which one of them has been praised and affirmed by the author; Among the people who tend to follow the Chinese Communist Party in the book, who is written as a true benevolent and righteous gentleman, and who has a good end. Peng Jingfeng pointed out, "In the past, the Kuomintang reactionaries slandered the Communist Party as a communist wife and exterminated humanity, but it was only an empty clamour, and it was difficult to have a literary work to describe it concretely. ”
Xiao Rong believes that "in the specific description of **, the author also said that no matter how fertile the land is, the seeds are not good and cannot grow good seedlings", "In the connection, Lu's borrowing seeds everywhere did not achieve the desired effect, and at the end of **, he wrote that only foreigners can heal her, appreciate her, praise her sincerely, and sow fine seeds that can bear good fruits like golden boys and girls on this fertile land." Zhang Yi believes that "if we expose the remnants of Chinese feudalism from the perspective of this semi-colonial ideology, it will be an honor to have an affair with a foreign priest as written in the book", "The Swedish priest who fornicated with a Chinese woman is a little ashamed, but on the contrary, the Chinese woman regards it as a glory to be with a foreigner, isn't this a clear semi-colonial idea?" ”
Second, the author's view of history is historical nihilism and national nihilism, so the work inevitably goes astray from distorting history and vilifying reality.
Xiao Rong said, "The work does not give a correct reflection of several important stages in the half-century period in which it is the background of the times." Wang Derong pointed out that "the history of the high-density area of the Jiaodong Peninsula, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation in Jiaodong, and the history since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially since the reform and opening up, are extremely erroneous and extremely contrary to historical truth." Wang Derong pointed out from his personal experience that the 17th Regiment written in Mo Yan's works was part of the heroic team of Ludong guerrillas active in the Jiaodong area during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, "fought many beautiful battles and annihilated many puppet troops." It also created the world-famous mine warfare, and the militia hero Yu Huahu appeared", "As for the Liberation War, Jiaodong was the reliable rear of the entire East China Field Army"; "However, it is very disappointing that ** has written this army established by the combination of intellectuals and peasants as a mess, a group of people who have no goals, no policies, and no discipline, and even go so far as to say that they are communists, kill innocents indiscriminately, do not pay attention to policies, and have no combat effectiveness", "This is an extremely irresponsible insult and slander to the martyrs and to our veterans." Xiao Rong believes, "* has been writing about reform and opening up, but the reformers who appear in the pen are all people who started their families by fraud and coaxing, and they do not reflect the true face of real life at all." Wang Derong said, "The author deliberately put the entire War of Resistance Against Japan, the people in the base areas, and the people's army in a position that was ridiculed and ridiculed," and "Isn't it enough to prove his ignorance of history?" How can this absurd view of historical nihilism and national nihilism not go astray? Zhang Kun believes, "This work dedicated to the mother and the brand of the earth is a serious distortion of history, a despair of our people, our nation, the arrogance of Nietzsche, Schopenhauer's gloom, diffuse a strong nihilistic sadness about our country, our society, our culture!" ”
Third, the author exaggerates anti-human irrationalism, simply attributes human nature to "animal nature", and sells ugly forms such as pornography and sex ** with absurd ridicule and dirty language, "releasing some poisonous things to pollute the hearts of our teenagers".
Peng Jingfeng said, "Mo Yan's ** language has been dirty for a long time, which is related to his worship of animal nature and disgust with human reason. Mo Yan has always claimed that he is unwilling to put his thinking into the orbit of reason, and he is also full of mockery of human beings, he said, people should not be arrogant, regard themselves as the primates of all things, there is no essential difference between people and pigs and dogs and maggots in the dung tank and the bed bugs in the cracks of the wall, and the most fundamental sign that distinguishes human beings from the animal kingdom is: human hypocrisy! Zhu Jing said, "The theme of the work is said to be a celebration of the mother and the earth. But the mother, who gave birth to eight daughters and one son, struggled with fate almost entirely down to sex and instinct. All her children are not her husband's flesh and blood, she believes in the Buddha and fornicates with monks, but Mu ** is in love with a Swedish priest, and in order to take revenge on her husband, she does not hesitate to go with her uncle ** or give herself to the charlatan Langzhong and the bachelor to spoil it. For the children, on the one hand, they bear the burden for them, and on the other hand, they guard the door for their daughter, and encourage their son and the only milk Lao Jin**. Is this depiction of the mother's rebellion against human morality a praise or a scandal? Wang Derong said, "Sexual descriptions should generally not be opposed, but why is the author so different from ordinary people for his mother and sisters, lacking the kind of pure attachment, respect, care, and protection that they should have in nature, but they all appreciate, tease, and blaspheme with a kind of erotic psychology." This anti-human thing is purely bestial." Zhang Kun thinks, "The author said that he wanted to sing the praises of his mother?!But what he poured on his mother was a basin of sewage! It shows that this is an irrational work that praises mothers. ”
The reason why classics are classics Fourth, this book "can also win heavy awards", many people expressed indignation - "Today's China, whose world is it?!".”
Xiao Rong believes, "Is there any possibility of distorting history, scandalizing reality, replacing human nature with animal nature, mocking the sublime with humility, and turning seriousness into ridicule like "Rich Breasts and Fat Buttocks", which is in harmony with the times and the people's requirements for literature and art?" Wang Derong said, "What awards can a work like this win can, I really can't help but ask: Look at today's China, whose world is it?" Some writers also said indignantly: "If you don't watch "Fat Breasts and Fat Buttocks", I don't know the depravity of **! The emergence of "Breast and Fat Buttocks" is related to the trend of thought advocated by some people to bid farewell to revolution, avoid politics, stay away from the sublime, and dissolve the mainstream consciousness, and we should pay attention to it. ”
This article is from a 1996 article titled "What kind of book is "Fat Breasts and Fat Buttocks"?A summary of the discussion, compiled by Zhang Libo, originally published in Internal Manuscripts, No. 12, 1996).
*: Red Culture Network.
Author: Zhang Libo.