Upholding integrity, innovating and opening up a new realm of military literature
2021-12-24
Upholding integrity, innovating and opening up a new realm of military literature —— *** ■ Wang Long *** *** These important expositions systematically expound the profound connotation of "innovation is the life of literature and art", and provide important enlightenment for us to keep right, innovate and open up a new realm of military literature creation. *** New achievements have been made in serving the army, showing a new style of reorganizing luggage and setting sail, which provides a strong cultural support for strengthening the army. At the same time, we should also clearly see that there is still a gap between military literature and art and the vigorous practice of building a strong army and the cultural needs desired by officers and soldiers in terms of form innovation, space expansion and communication. Especially in the information age and all media conditions, significant changes have taken place in the living space and means of expression of military literature. The current strong military era is eager for in-depth interpretation, traditional literature is challenged, and artistic expression needs continuous innovation. Military literature is faced with more than model and less individuality; Facial makeup is more than enough, and the nature of the times is not enough; The number of works is small and the dissemination is not wide. In sharp contrast, today's magnificent cause of reform and strengthening the army contains extremely rich creative resources. In the context of globalization, we should break through our understanding of the fragmentation and utilitarianism of military literature, stand at the ideological height of constructing the voice of the Chinese army under the new situation, readjust the concepts and ideas of military literature creation, and contribute to shaping the national image and military image. Through the ages, excellent literary and artistic works must be the result of the organic unity of ideological content and artistic expression. The artistic courage of a writer's innovation and breakthrough often determines how far his works can go; The higher a writer stands, the farther he sees his characters. Luo Dajing, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, said in the jade dew in the crane forest that Li Bai and Du Fu were "the crowns of poets with a broad mind and great reason". Shen Deqian's "Shuo Shi Shu Yu" is named "bosom": "there is first-class bosom, first-class knowledge, and Si has first-class real poetry." *** At present, when describing the grand and magnificent practice of building a strong army, the overall strength of the new generation of writers is still relatively weak. Whether writing people or narration, it is only a "real record" or "shape writing". Some local descriptions can not be said to be vivid, but there is still a lack of profound works that push the window to see the sea and insight into the overall situation. Military literature creation in the new era should have the courage to link the past and the future, break through the predecessors, gain respect and affirmation in a wider range, and enhance the courage of self breakthrough. Due to limited imagination, some war literature in the past formed "five old peaks" - old themes, old characters, old language, old plot and old structure, which were not innovative enough. Today's military literature has also produced a lot of "new stereotyped, routine and rigid" stereotyped. Many realistic works give people the impression of "deja vu", exposing some authors' one-sided and narrow understanding of the main melody and the spirit of the times. *** Literary creation should not only avoid copying and copying, but also avoid copying and plagiarizing ourselves. Creation is a track and field event that constantly pursues transcendence. Facing the great cause of building a strong army today, we are in an era of heroes. Every officer and soldier is the creator, undertaker and witness of history and an ordinary hero on the journey of building a strong army. Truly innovative literary and artistic works are inseparable from the care and inquiry of human nature, human feelings and humanities. We military writers should be good at seeing the big picture from the small joints, listening to the thunder in the silent place, exploring the great undertakings in the ordinary, the grandeur in the details and the brilliance in the trivial. By telling the ups and downs of ordinary people, we can find the extraordinary from the ordinary, show the extraordinary, and let the heroic image of officers and soldiers in the new era glow with new brilliance in the hearts of the people. Secondly, in the direction of innovation, it is necessary to "learn from the ancients without sticking to the ancients and break the law without violating the law", so as to stimulate the vitality of military literature innovation. *** If a writer does not grasp the rational scale of innovation and lacks social responsibility, he will not become a high standard in whatever works he writes, and he will never write the real hero of this era. At present, we should be alert to the two extremes of military literature creation. Whether grand narrative or return to ordinary, it is only the difference of narrative methods and creative styles, but can not replace the whole one-sided and dismember the main image of heroes. At present, in some works on the theme of revolutionary war, when making alternative interpretation and dramatic treatment of the spirit of revolutionary heroism, some extreme the "Humanistic narrative" to the point of "joking and solemn", and some have the phenomenon that the hero image is Pan entertained, vulgar and reckless. These are obviously a misreading of literary and artistic innovation, making the so-called innovation to the extreme of "curiosity". We need to recognize that there are thousands of methods of literary and artistic innovation, but the essence of art can not be deviated from. We must grasp the direction and scale of literary and artistic innovation. Military heroes reflect the light of idealism. They are not only a mirror leading the trend of advanced society, but also a banner dancing high above reality. To let "Heroes" return to "ordinary" is to let the public really feel the extraordinary of heroes. Today, the great practice of building a strong army, the reform of military training, the renewal of weapons and equipment, and the change of the main composition of officers and soldiers all provide profound materials for military literary creation. Military literature should set the "yardstick" of innovation on ensuring the improvement of combat effectiveness, aim the "yardstick" of innovation at always preparing for war, create more heroes of the new era, come up with more excellent works focusing on Qi, stimulate the will of officers and soldiers to strengthen the army and cultivate the fighting spirit of the new era. The broad and profound Chinese civilization is the unique spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation, the foundation of contemporary Chinese literature and art, and the treasure of literary and artistic innovation. The innovation of military literature should not only meet the requirements of new missions and tasks, but also integrate artistic creativity with Chinese cultural values, combine the Chinese aesthetic spirit with contemporary aesthetic pursuit, and realize new leaps with diversified creative forms and means of expression. *** Literary and artistic innovation is an arduous work. There is no shortcut to become famous and rich overnight. It is by no means a strange and unorthodox follow-up. Liu Zhiji, a historian of the Tang Dynasty, issued three conditions for his ideal Historian: historical talent, historiography and historical knowledge. It is precisely because of this kind of just heart to study history that we can exercise our unique historical knowledge, historical reference and historical courage. In the face of reform and a strong army, and in the face of profound changes in the situation and tasks, military writers can neither transform nor slow down. This is not only an "era test" through the past, present and future, but also a "spiritual test" to test ability, consciousness and realm. The whole process records the great course of reforming and strengthening the army and carves the historical picture of the people's army with a huge pen. We shoulder the important task of the times which is far more arduous and complex than our predecessors, and also shoulder an incomparably glorious mission. In this process, many topics in the journey of building a strong army are of great value, and literary and artistic innovation is facing a major gap that needs to be filled urgently. How to break through the creative bottleneck existing in the current military literature, reflect the great process of military reform, and answer the people's keen attention to reform and strengthening the army. In the new era, military writers have unprecedented tasks and transformation tasks. This requires us to organize writers to "go north and South" and "catch up with chariots", break the organizational system, mix groups and go deep into the grass-roots level, not to interview with the title of "creator", but to experience as a "combatant". Only in this way can military writers establish an innovative system and cultural consciousness that keep pace with the times, tell the joys and sorrows of Contemporary Soldiers and the glorious journey of the people's army in more broad and vivid language, and move firmly towards the literary battlefield of winning future wars. (the author is a representative of the top ten military delegations of China Writers Association) (outlook new era)
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Source：81.cn
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