Now that the cherry blossoms have faded, Luojia Mountain is a new green. At that time, the teenager was almost 50 years old, and now he is a poet, writer and editor-in-chief In the past few decades, Li experienced the glory of campus poetry and saw its decline, but now it has also ushered in a "turning point"-campus poetry seems to be lively again, and poetry activities are one after another, and more and more people participate in or watch it.
In this lively place, campus poetry hums high and low melodies, echoing the voice of the times.
It's warm and cold at first sight.
"Many poets sprang up at one time." The poet Xiao Shui was surprised to find out at the beginning of the new century.
This is not unrelated to the rise of the network at that time. "At that time, writing poetry was more popular. A writer only needs to publish his works in the forum. If he has a certain level, he will soon be known and respected by people and become a famous poet. Their education level and social identity may exceed your imagination. " Glory and consciousness.
However, compared with the excitement on the Internet, the once famous Fudan Poetry Society has a deserted courtyard.
"As far as I know, almost all poetry clubs in colleges and universities died out in 2003. Only Peking University and Fudan University were really active at that time. " Xiaoshui recalled that Fudan Poetry Club was "filled with petty bourgeois feelings" and was dying, "without any campus activities".
In 2004, Xiaoshui went to Fudan University for postgraduate study. Looking through the poems published by the poetry club, he found that there were only five names among the members of the poetry club, including his, although he had never joined the poetry club before. So Xiaoshui sent a short message to the then president of the poetry club and a freshman, to the effect that "let me help you". The classmate replied, "You can be president." .
The next day, my classmate threw a plastic bag in front of Xiaoshui, which contained only two things: the management regulations of the community and the information of social workers. "He said you were the president, and I became the president." Num said.
With the efforts of Xiaoshui, Fudan Poetry Society gradually improved after 2005.
At this time, the Langtaoshi Literature Society of Wuhan University was mainly maintained in the form of "mentoring". "Every society can have at least one or two excellent poets, even after I graduate." Wang Jiaming, a poet who entered the Chinese Department of Wuhan University in 2008, said.
Besides Wang Jiaming, poets such as Wang Leyan, Wang Qi, Han Boxiao and Dong Jinchao on the campus of Wuhan University also left a deep impression on Rong Guangqi, who had been teaching in the College of Literature of Wuhan University at that time. "They are more concerned about life than their peers, examining and thinking about their own lives. Their writing tends to be intellectual, lyrical and technical, and most of the words are slightly obscure, which can be said to have certain intellectual characteristics. This is not what camp they deliberately imitate, but their youth, knowledge and talent. "
In Rong Guangqi's view, poets in Peking University, Fudan University and other universities in the same period also had this style to some extent. "I think this is the advantage of campus poetry. This advantage is mainly reflected in a certain consciousness of the art of poetry. "
Have a poem to reconcile with.
A few days ago, the magnolia blossoms on campus were gratifying, and Liu Chenyang improvised a poem "Qinyuan Chunyin Central China Magnolia":
It leans on catnip, it is a cloud, it is a dream. It's pink, it's a cape, it's a nine-fold blue, it's a charming bird that spits on the dust, and sometimes it ranks with others. This is a fallen soul, a thousand teams in Su E, and the day sent a dress to try the jade skeleton. In the sky, it is in the branches of spring, but it blooms for you.
Liu Chenyang, born in 1997, is a sophomore in the top physics class of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and is currently the president of the Yu Xia Poetry Society. He writes old poems at the right time, often with a wave of his hand. In his words, "it is probably the inheritance of Qu Yuan, Li Bai, Du Fu and Su Shi in the blood".
There are not a few campus poets like Liu Chenyang now. The campus poetry clubs where he works, such as Yu Xia Poetry Club and Fudan Poetry Club, have been swept away, and the number of members has risen to more than 100. Campus poetry festivals, recitations, lectures and other activities have also attracted more attention.
The reason is that Jiang Tao, an associate professor of Chinese Department in Peking University, believes that "after so many years of rapid economic development, the demand for literature is slowly recovering. However, the post-1995 generation on campus generally has a good poetic and literary accomplishment from primary school, with a broader vision and a high starting point. In addition, on the one hand, their generation will not worry about food and clothing, but on the other hand, they are also faced with a lot of helplessness in social transformation and change. Their hearts are richer and more complicated, and poems that have a sense of dialogue with their hearts will easily become their expressions. "
In the afternoon or evening, a group of children with poems talk about life and poetry on the lawn, and some people play a song for themselves. If they don't have fun, they will go out for dinner and drink ... The pure and pleasant spiritual exchange between poets and their thinking about themselves and life are becoming more and more precious to Li Jincheng, vice president of Fudan Poetry Society. After all, there are many other things waiting for him to be busy, such as study and activities.
"For myself, I must admit that my own poetry education is difficult to compare with the older generation of writers on the basis. Our generation and younger people need more perseverance and determination to persist in this matter. " Li Wanjue, a post-90s poet, is a master student in Chinese Department of Peking University.
In addition, the plight of the poetry club, an important field for the growth of campus poets, is also obvious. "Poetry is still marginalized on campus, the poetry club lacks strong guidance, the environment is barren, and the writing tradition in the club is declining." Lu Wentao, a student of Anhui Normal University and the current president of Jiangnan Poetry Society, said.
What shall we do? Rong Guangqi's answer is to strengthen literature education and poetry education. "We want to tell people that literary writing is something that everyone with language ability will play, because literature is a special way of speaking, and the pursuit is the concrete expression of the speaking object. The starting point and goal of this concreteness are concentrated on the level of feeling, experience and imagination. The same is true of poetry writing. In communicative language, there are many things that can't be said and are difficult to say, which requires poetry writing.
As for poetry education, Cang Di began to offer poetry courses as early as 1990s. In his view, "the relationship between man and language is lifelong, and it is very important to cultivate the relationship between man and language." Like writing descriptive things or metaphorical things? How do you understand the world? What is the rationality of this thing? Poetry does not necessarily have an exact answer, but it is an exploration of life and an awakening. Law and economy won't tell you this, but they can only get it from the perceptual text world. "
As Keating, the teacher in the movie Dead Poets Society, said, we don't read and write poetry because of its dexterity. We read and write poems because we are human beings. And human beings are full of enthusiasm. Medicine, law, business and engineering are lofty ideals and necessary conditions for survival. But poetry, beauty, romance and love are the reasons for our existence.