Chapter 76 Did Marquez break the rules?

The 1982 Nobel Prize winner for literature, the Colombian novelist Marquez, was interviewed by Harms, a reporter sent by the American "Newsweek" magazine in Mexico (reported in November 1st, 1982) issue), was asked what are you writing now?Marquis replied: I am currently writing a novel about love.Most love stories are bleak and always come to a tragic end.In the novel I'm writing, the couple is doing well, they're utterly happy.As far as I'm concerned, happiness is an emotion that's out of fashion right now.I'm going to try to reinvigorate happiness, make it popular, and become a model for human beings.

Marquis' remarks should have an enlightening effect on the literary and art circles.However, for some writers who have fallen into the rut and do not feel it, they may still not agree with it, or even call it a violation of the rules. I don't know when it started, but there are formulas and rules for literary and artistic writing methods. It must be written in such a way, or it must be written in such a way, and the result of learning from each other is unbreakable.However, if there are works that are not limited by these frames, they are considered unqualified.Over time, the vitality and outlet of innovation are virtually blocked.

Literary and artistic creation is not physical, chemical and technological, so how can there be formulas, laws and certain formulas?What's more, even if it is a certain scientific law, it is sometimes revised by new research discoveries, so how can it be static. For example, the so-called story creation of a novel should not be too perfect, otherwise it will not meet the requirements of novel creation; the plot development should not be too smooth, otherwise it will not be a novel.Therefore, the author has to rack his brains to create bizarre characters, tortuous stories, bleak encounters and tragic endings, etc.This is based on the so-called drama theory, especially the so-called law that has been set first. There must be strong and strong conflicts. Every character and everything cannot be smooth and twists and turns. If it is not like that, you have to forcibly turn it over and over again, or use quarrels and fights to indicate the increase of conflict force; or use crying and wailing to indicate the climax of tragedy.Such literary and dramatic creations smear the human world completely without the color of happiness. Life seems to be looking for troubles and isolating itself from happiness; Lead the direction of happiness.

For a long time, most writers seem to be pessimists. Not only are their novels or dramas full of tragic characters, but they do not see happiness in life, and even the writers themselves fall into misery and end up committing suicide.This is just as Marquis said, happiness is no longer a popular emotion.Marquis, however, has a new novel to write about a couple in which everything goes smoothly and utterly happy, as a model for humanity. In this way, isn't Marquez breaking the rules?So bold!