Chapter 14 literary youth

2000/04/13 Sanlian Life Weekly Author: Many This is a story from the 1980s. At that time, the most popular way of courtship was to stop a girl on the road and say, do you like literature.At that time, literary youth was a sought-after title, which was particularly attractive to the opposite sex.These things now seem like legends or like a farce. I remember seeing a couple while walking one night. They seemed to have just met, and the man was still in the stage of courtship, so I heard a sentence with a particularly dramatic effect: I like literature.This sentence was so touching in the noisy street, I was almost moved.At this time, they passed by a buddy on a bicycle. Before the shy woman could react, he said loudly: "I also like literature", and then hurried past on his bicycle, leaving behind a burst of wanton laughter.

I do this kind of stupidity sometimes. When I was talking about Milan Kundera with a new girl of yours, she would introduce me as a literary youth to the people around her.Can you imagine the expressions of those guys, "Literary youth, literary youth", they kept shaking their heads, just like Ah Q said "woman".And I found that everyone likes to use this word to laugh at people. If they call someone stupid, for example, when they see me, they will definitely say: Yo, the literary youth is here again. I have since accepted this lesson. When I see a girl again, I will talk about fashion issues and keep silent about any topic related to literature. Even if I mention it, I will pretend to be very disdainful, and then mock those things.This method really worked, because the girls all gave a friendly look.But when I am alone, I still like to read literature, and I still like to let myself be influenced by those masters, and I suddenly found that those people who don’t care about literature are the same as me, and the more they read The more people pretend to be vulgar.The more I like to laugh at literary youth.I almost understand what they mean. Literature is one’s own experience, so you don’t need to show it off all the time, and the more half-bottled vinegar you like, the more you like to show it off.Recently, I came across a quote from Rod Rosenberg: This can only happen to the extent that art takes off its clothes.I guess the same is true for literature, so I also began to like to call literary youths abusive.