Chapter 27 1979 "Love can't be forgotten"

Genre: Short Story Author: Zhang Jie The novel "Love Cannot Be Forgotten" is the work of Zhang Jie, a prominent female writer in the literary world in the early 1980s.The novel tells the story of Zhong Yu, the mother of "I" (Shanshan), who fell in love with an old cadre who was married and had a harmonious family and suffered from spiritual torture. She could only monologue in a notebook to comfort her emotions. And a sad story. "Love, Never Forget" - Introduction "Love, Never Forget" is one of Zhang Jie's representative works.In the article, Zhang Jie uses a lot of space to describe the experience and mood of her mother Zhong Yu, uses a fact to explain the view of love and marriage in the 20th century, and uses the mother's ideals of these two views to describe this kind of love. Whether the concept of marriage and marriage is advanced and modern, or backward and outdated.Zhang Jie's ultimate goal is to criticize the separation of love and marriage, regard marriage as a tool for inheriting the family, a vulgar concept of exchange and business, and advocate a union with true love as its content.

The novel describes a "desolate and tragic" but "deeply engraved" love "big tragedy" between a female writer and an old cadre.The reason for this tragedy is simply that the veteran cadre has a wife who has shared hardships for decades—a worker's daughter.They have "come in the wind and go in the rain" for decades, and have been "each other's right-hand man". "Love, Never Forget" - About the Author Zhang Jie, originally from Fushun, Liaoning, was born in Beijing in 1937. She lived a poor and lonely wandering life with her mother since childhood. In 1956, he was admitted to Renmin University of China to study statistics, and after graduation he worked in the Ministry of First Machinery Industry. In 1978, he published his debut novel "The Child from the Forest". The work tells the story of a musician who was persecuted during the "Cultural Revolution" but still insisted on the truth and loved art. A Better Life" won this award again. In 1980, he was transferred to the Literature Department of Beijing Film Studio as a screenwriter. In 1982, he became a professional writer of the Beijing Branch of the Chinese Writers Association.Exploring the fate of contemporary intellectual women is an important content of her creation. The short story "Love, Never Forget" and the novellas "Ark", "Emerald" and "Jigsaw Puzzle" are masterpieces in this regard.Economic reform is another hot spot in her early creation. In 1981, she created the first novel "Heavy Wings" reflecting the industrial economic reform in the new era, which profoundly expressed the struggle in the reform process. The work won the second Mao Dun Award. There are twelve foreign language translations so far.Zhang Jie's early creations are almost all explorations of the society and the human soul. She is uneasy about the beautiful things in human nature that she has lost over the years. She is determined to find out the extraordinary beauty through ordinary things. . In 1986, with "What's wrong with him" as the symbol, the creative style and subject matter changed, often using illusory, absurd artistic scenes and sharp language to whip up social evils and ugly national characters. Since 1989, he has served as the vice chairman of the Beijing Branch of the Chinese Writers Association. In May 1989, he was a visiting professor at Weslin University in Connecticut, USA for one year, lecturing on contemporary Chinese literature. In September 1989, he won the Italian Malaparte Literary Prize.

"Love can't be forgotten" - writing feature At the beginning of "Love Can't Be Forgotten", Zhang Jie narrates that at the age of 30, she is about to get married. Thirty is a great time in life, but for women, there is a danger of not being able to get married. , and the "I" in the article already has a suitor who resembles the "discus thrower" created by the Greek sculptor Mirren. He can't tell the benefits of "I", but only thinks that "I" is good, "I" My loneliness did not become blank because of his words, but filled it even more.Therefore, "I" thought that this kind of natural marriage is an ethical obligation, and it is to use law and morality to bear each other's responsibilities and obligations. Is something that binds two people together?If two people who love each other follow the habit that has lasted for two thousand years, get married, have children, and stay together like most families, and regard marriage as a tool for passing on the family line, a kind of exchange and business, If you separate marriage from love, you won't have such troubles, but "I" can't do it, because "I" has been a person who can't make up his mind since he was a child. One who does not give peace to others.

"Love, Never Forget" - Artistry Some details in Zhang Jie’s novels are very wonderful, for example, there are two identical sets of Chekhov’s complete works at home, one set is mother’s and the other is “me”. Mother Zhong Yu always brings her own set when she is on a business trip , read it every day every year, even if someone likes Chekhov and takes away a copy of her set, she will eagerly exchange "my" set for it.Another example is "Sometimes, when she is tired of writing, she will sit across from the bookcase with a cup of strong tea, and look at the set of Chekhov's anthology. If I suddenly walk into her room at this time, she will He will appear flustered and restless, either pouring tea on himself, or blushing like a girl in first love, when she meets her lover for the first time." But in the end, all these were cremated with her mother, that set The book has been with her from birth to death.Another example is that the content in my mother’s notebook reminds “I” to remember a time when I went to a concert with my mother, and met an “elderly man with white hair and wearing a black wool tunic suit” on the road. When he greeted his mother, "the hand holding me suddenly became cold and trembled slightly."; when the elderly man was stopped by the police for talking to his mother When reprimanded, "I saw how embarrassed she is! Just like a little girl in the first grade in an elementary school, Jiang Jiang stood in panic in front of the strict principal, as if the police were reprimanding her."...

Zhong Yu's "Love Can't Be Forgotten" notebook is filled with her words to the person she loves deeply, "That person occupies all her emotions, but she can't get him. She can only put these Use the notebook as his substitute, and talk to him on it. Every hour, every day, every month, every year." Until she left this world with love.The notes record all the mother's feelings, reflecting the mother's persistence and sincerity to love. Her heart is filled with her own love and cannot tolerate others. She will walk the path they have walked, and will try her best to find Seeing him (even if it's just a chance), meeting him, going to listen to his speech, going to... But they are trying to avoid each other, and finally met, but can't say anything, she will Because of such feelings, she is delirious and will do some inexplicable behaviors.When he died in reproach, she wore mourning for him, clothed him in sackcloth, and let a part of her spirit go with her.She never let "I" pick her up on a business trip. After she finished writing, she would often go to the only asphalt path that they had walked and walked back and forth... Mother She regards everything related to him as a kind of love comfort to herself, but she never asks for anything in reality. She pours her love into endless thoughts of him.So "I" finally understood my mother's heart, understood that she loves so deeply, loves to the limit, but has no regrets at all, this is the so-called immortal love, a force stronger than death, unforgettable . For this reason, "I" can no longer use ordinary moral concepts to condemn whether they should love or not, but I have to ask: why don't they wait for the soul that calls themselves?

"Love, Never Forget" - Review This novel is "a smoldering longing", "longing to get rid of all habits, emotions, norms and traditions engraved with the brand of private institutions, longing to get rid of the vulgar marriage relationship that exudes a philistine atmosphere...". "This novel is not an ordinary love story. What it describes is an irreparable defect in the emotional life of human beings. What the author tries to discuss and raise is not a problem of love concept, but a sociological problem." , "Why do our morality, law, public opinion, social atmosphere...etc. impose so many spiritual shackles on us and our hearts, and bind us so painfully?"

"Love, Never Forget" - Review "Love Can't Be Forgotten" is one of the earliest works in the new era that positively express the theme of love, and it is Zhang Jie's early representative work.The novel reveals that marriage must be based on love, otherwise, it will bring pain to people sooner or later.The novel puts forward the relationship between marriage and love, a social issue that has long affected human life. Due to the divorce of marriage and love, how many people in the world are in a situation where they love what they don't love, can't love what they love, and can't forget what they love. in pain.The heroes and heroines in the novel taste the bitter fruit of their immature marriages in their lives, and at the same time sink into the pain of love that cannot be realized and cannot be forgotten.

The center of the novel is the pulsation of a female heart tormented by an unforgettable love, groaning painfully in the contradiction between the pursuit of love and the inescapable existing moral norms.Through the shaping of artistic images, the author expresses his concept of marriage and love, and his pursuit of ideal love.The writing style of the novel is elegant and smooth; the style is deep and euphemistic, and the whole novel is like a gripping prose poem. "Love, Never Forget" - Impact The work was published in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At that time, people's thinking was still at the junction of the new and the old. Therefore, it is conceivable that this novel shocked many people. The world has aroused heated responses and debates.

First of all, Huang Qiuyun, an old writer, published the article "Thoughts on Zhang Jie's Works" in the first issue of "Literary News" in 1980, pointing out: "Love, Cannot Be Forgotten" is not an ordinary love story. An irreparable defect in life, what the author tries to discuss and raise is not a question of love view, but a question of sociology, which can make us think about: why our morality, law, public opinion, social customs, etc. Wait, there are so many shackles on our bodies and minds, and we are so painfully bound?And how many reasonable elements are there in this?When will it be possible for people to arrange their lives according to their ideals and wishes? Xie Mian and Chen Suyan's "Thinking in a New Life" published in the second issue of "Beijing Literature and Art" in 1980 fully affirmed this novel. writer's concerns.The article praises Zhang Jie for stubbornly promoting a kind of love that seems to be "foolish", which transcends marriage, but it is true love. This is a serious proposition. All efforts to think ahead should be supported. The fifth issue of "Literary News" in 1980 published the famous critic Li Xifan's "If there is such a heaven" and Xiao Lin's "Try Talk (Love, It cannot be forgotten) The problem of style" held negative opinions on this novel, which caused an uproar in the literary world.Li Wen pointed out that the traditional moral standard expressed by the author as bringing love pain to the hero and heroine is not only an irreparable defect caused by our society in human emotional life, but also the spiritual morality that a true proletarian fighter must have. and the realm of thought and emotion.Besides, since the veteran cadre and his wife live in such a "harmonious and harmonious" life, can it be said that there is no love for each other?However, someone suddenly came to "call" his "love". He could have replaced the worker's daughter with an educated woman like Zhong Yu, but he thought that he could not abandon the couple in need like this, and would rather give up himself in pain. love.Is such morality "spiritual shackles"?Is there no "reasonable ingredient"?

Xiao Wen, who is similar to his point of view, believes that the style of this novel is not high, and there are ideological weaknesses. Without the language shell full of strong lyrical atmosphere, the ideological essence of the novel is extremely weak and insignificant. We should be vigilant and eliminate petty assets. Contaminated by class thoughts and sentiments.After the publication of Li and Xiao's two articles, it aroused counter-criticism from other critics and readers. There were also two completely different opinions among the readers. Criticism, writing about the previous generation is to promote the thinking of the new generation.It is hoped that young people will get rid of the influence of old customs and consciousness, and correctly handle the relationship between marriage and love.The vast majority of readers and commentators have deep sympathy for Zhong Yu and veteran cadres, and believe that these two characters have profound practical significance and positive progressive significance. Attempting to possess a married man, this kind of ambiguous relationship that insults social morality is despised by today's generation of young people.The love between Zhong Yu and the veteran cadres should be forgotten.And ask the author: What path should we lead our youth to?With the passage of time, people will no longer be entangled in the morality of the hero and heroine's love, and more and more people affirm that it is the pursuit of a higher realm for human beings to reach a higher level.Zhang Jie himself once said: "This is not a love story, but a novel exploring sociological issues." Wang Meng also believes that the novel is about "human feelings, the pursuit, hope, longing, regret, Remorse and happiness and pain stronger than death." These words can help us understand and grasp the theme of this novel and its influence on the literary world more deeply and fairly.