Chinanews client, Beijing, August 21 (Reporter Shangguanyun) Recently, with the popularity of female-themed dramas, topics such as "female independence" have been mentioned more and more. A few days ago, in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, well-known writer and screenwriter Jiang Shengnan also shared his views.
She started writing very early and began publishing literary works on a certain website in 1999. So far, she has created a large number of works on martial arts, fantasy, romance and other themes.
"Yanyuntai" is her latest historical novel. The heroine Xiao Yanyan's general life experience reminds many people of Jiang Shengnan's other popular work "Miyue Biography". Miyue and Xiao Yanyan seem to be popular "big heroines" in literature and film and television works today.
"Yanyuntai": History and Characters in Novels
"Yanyuntai" is one of the "Song, Liao, and Xia" trilogy created by Jiang Shengnan-Liao Kingdom, and it is also a historical novel.
Writer Jiang Shengnan. Photo courtesy of respondents
The heroine Xiao Yanyan was born in the Queen of Liao Dynasty. Han Derang, a Han Chinese who was originally fond of childhood sweethearts, was chosen by the prince Yeluxian. In a coup, Yelvxian succeeded to the throne, and at the same time, welcomed the imperial concubine Xiao Yanyan into the palace, the story unfolded.
When writing historical novels, Jiang Shengnan has a point of view: If you write all according to historical records, you will easily lose the interestingness of the novel; if you rely on your own ingenuity, this is a random fabrication.
Therefore, when she is creating, she hopes to fill in the emotional details between the characters under the framework of not moving the big history. "The grasp of historical novels between plot and historical facts, I think, must follow a principle: big events It's worth it, no matter how small it is."
Jiang Shengnan uses historical facts such as "Xianggushan Cibian" and "Jingzong Gaiyuan" as several important plot points in his novels. At the same time, he links the characters with the times, and promotes the development of the story with full character.
Among all the roles, Jiang Shengnan likes Xiao Yanyan the most. The writing of this character is a challenge for her, urging her to step out of her former comfort zone, "urging me to constantly replenish energy, learn, think, and improve. "
Looking for "clues" of history
When creating "Yanyuntai", Jiang Shengnan read a lot of literature about the food, clothing, housing, behavior, speech and behavior of the northern people.
After writing 100,000 characters, she felt that she needed more life-oriented and deeper experience, so she ran to the Liao Shangjing site and stood on the prairie to truly feel the rugged and straightforward customs. She lives in the yurt and observes how the herdsmen make milk tea. The yurt is hollow, and you can look into the sky when you sleep, and you can see the vast starry sky.
"In this way, I found the feeling of writing, and I was really immersed in the writing atmosphere that I wanted." She overturned the previously written part and restarted, and went to many museums, watching the cultural relics and listening to the explanations of the local museum explainers. , Trying to find the clues of that era.
Jiang Shengnan compares the creator to a forensic doctor, "You have to get all the materials you can get, whether it is broken bones or hair, and then try to piece together the skeleton, then slowly grow muscles, and use DNA to restore this character."
Those searches, combined with the knowledge reserve constructed by reading massive amounts of historical materials, turned writing a novel into a process of organically reconstructing a large number of fragments, which is happy and hard. After several revisions, "Yanyuntai" was finalized and published.
"Yanyuntai". Published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
"In the face of history, the individual's original vision and imagination are quite limited and narrow." She hopes that by depicting the choices made and the results of historical figures in their environment, everyone can re-look at the time from a diversified perspective. The wind is surging.
"Big heroine"? Not easy for everyone
As far as the text of the novel is concerned, as early as the end of "Yanyuntai", some readers compared it with Jiang Shengnan's previous work "Miyue Biography": the same is a female perspective, and the same is the heroine's life "All the way to fight monsters" upgrade".
Jiang Shengnan also said that if "Miyue Biography" is regarded as a "big heroine", then Xiao Yanyan in "Yanyuntai" can also be counted as a "big heroine". Because they are the protagonists of a historical story.
But the two are not the same. In terms of character, Jiang Shengnan tries his best to keep the different characters apart. For example, Mi Yue is a very stoic person, while Xiao Yanyan is a direct and lively person, and this stems from the differences in their respective backgrounds and life circumstances.
In a successful work, the protagonist is more like a ship, carrying the times and stories forward. In terms of the historical background of "Yanyuntai", Xiao Yanyan is the best candidate, who can carry the largest amount of stories in the transition and changes of that era, and can present the vast historical river to readers.
Jiang Shengnan is not surprised by the popularity of the "leading actress", "Modern women need to get an emotional resonance from literary characters. When we feel defeated, depressed, betrayed, and these emotions cannot be affected by real life When relatives and friends are comforting or digesting themselves, they need a coordinate."
This coordinate can be "bad", to let people know that there may be a particularly bad way to deal with things, and they can’t do this; it can also be positive, letting people know how to stand up again when they encounter some setbacks, or even let themselves become better.
"Now people will mention the'big heroine'. I think that the'big heroine' is not based on how successful the career is, how much men love her, and how much she'opens up'." Jiang Shengnan believes that it is not easy for everyone, even if you look at it. There are many previous blows hidden behind them.
What is the independence of women?
In addition to the "big female lead drama", female dramas are popular. For example, the recently popular "Twenty Do Not Confused", "Thirty Only" and so on. More and more women are thinking about what is true independence? What is the real life of owning oneself?
Writer Jiang Shengnan. Photo courtesy of respondents
The answer given by Jiang Shengnan is as follows: Women’s independence means that they have the ability to make decisions on their own emotionally, in work, and in life. You are not attached to anyone, you have yourself, live a dignified life, and have an inner heart. Fullness and happiness.
"I hope that when everyone talks about women, they should not always mention'greatness' at the expense of'motherhood'." Her point of view is very clear. "A woman is a'person' first, and she can only live her life well. It's not in vain to walk in the world."
In her view, any woman can never be a tool, a "social family stabilizer", "too much history has proved that if there is no restraint mechanism for both parties, this structure is unstable only by unilateral tolerance. of."
What Jiang Shengnan hopes more is that many women can get rid of the "collective unconscious" indoctrination of social media layers from childhood to large, so that they can recognize themselves and find themselves.
"Of course, you have to experience some pain, but in the same way, a contest with power can give you more power, and giving up yourself is even more painful." She said. (Finish)