First, Mr. Lao She's prose is full of strong and pure feelings.
Reading Lao She's masterpiece Camel Xiangzi, people are strongly infected by his sympathy for the sufferings of the working people and his hatred of the old society of "turning people into ghosts". Rich in strong and pure feelings, this feature is also reflected in his prose works. Lin Hai is about the author's visit to Daxinganling. Throughout the text, the author's praise is everywhere between the lines. We feel that the author seems to be embracing this beautiful forest in the northeast of the motherland with all his love and all his body and mind. In the author's pen, so many mountains are "higher and shorter". Long, short, horizontal and vertical ",he watched for hours," I can't get enough of it ",not because I feel monotonous, but because" every ridge is so gentle ". Entering the forest area, green is the most common color, but the author still wrote those "deep, shallow, bright and dark, green beyond description" green, eulogizing the treasure house of green-Linhai. He told people with joy: "Xing 'anling can dress itself up beautifully, with pine trees as shirts, birch trees as skirts and embroidered shoes. Even the gap between trees is not lacking in color ... "The author painted the beautiful scenery of Xing 'an Mountains with colorful colored pens, full of love for the motherland, with one mountain and one water, one grass and one tree. In the last part of the article, the author praises the contribution of wood to the socialist construction of the motherland, the labor of forestry workers and the prosperity of forest areas in Daxinganling, "adding new scenery and happy labor songs to Daxinganling" and praising the "integration of beauty and construction" in Daxinganling. At the end, there is another stroke, which gives a novel explanation of the name Xing 'anling-it contains the significance of rejuvenating the country and making the country prosperous, which not only deepens the center of the article, but also has endless aftertaste and is thought-provoking. At this point, the author's love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland has been sublimated, expressing the author's strong patriotic feelings. The article Grassland is a brief account of Mr. Lao She's first step on the grassland. When the writer saw the beautiful scenery, he was warmly received and sincerely admired. At the beginning of the article, he only used a simple sentence "This time, I saw the grassland" to express Mr. Lao She's pride in finally seeing the wonders of the beautiful grassland. " Under the sun, thousands of miles away, it is not vast. ""In this realm, even the steed and Daniel sometimes stop, as if recalling the infinite fun of the grassland. " This sentence, which seems to be about horses and Daniel, is actually the writer's own feelings. Because the author was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery of the prairie, he felt that everything around him felt the same way as him. "The sheep walked up the hill for a while and then came down. When they went there, it was like embroidering big white flowers on an endless green carpet. "In the full text, Lao She described a vast grassland scene with exquisite and simple language, with the fragrance of soil and grass and the joy of national unity with calligraphy. At the end of the article, the sentence "Why can't Mongolian and Chinese love each other, but the sky is grey and the sun is dusk" points out the reason why the author is reluctant to leave, which is the natural beauty of grassland and the beauty of human feelings. The author is intoxicated, and so are the readers.
The most mundane life does not necessarily mean that you are poor in thought. If elegance is vulgar, vulgarity is tasteful and vulgarity is philosophical. The themes of Mr. Lao She's prose are mostly taken from the little things in life. Although it is a small theme, the author does not regard it as a decoration to express personal leisure, nor does it give it so-called profound meaning. Mr. Lao She thought deeply, saw through it and spoke skillfully. Reading his prose, we can always feel his humor and philosophy of life. After reading these articles, we can deeply feel the author's love for life, his lofty interest and healthy feelings. The article "Planting Flowers" is about such a trivial matter as planting flowers. The first sentence of the article, "I love flowers, so I also love planting flowers", makes it clear why the author wants to plant flowers. Only when you love something can you be interested in it and enjoy it. Isn't this the philosophy in our life and study? Study hard, read dead books, or enjoy reading and reading living books, which is far beyond the world? As the author said, "I only regard flower cultivation as a pleasure in life", and this pleasure is also expressed in the article. What's the fun? Planting flowers requires planting, management, sweating, labor, knowledge, learning and practice. Flowers are blooming, and the flowers are overflowing, which is pleasing to the eye. I am happy and can share this happiness with my friends and comrades. The flowers were damaged, and the whole family was sad about it, and so on. "There are joys and sorrows, laughter and tears, flowers and fruits, fragrance and color. It is necessary to work and learn. This is the fun of growing flowers. " Undoubtedly, this kind of fun is noble and healthy, and it is a look of loving life and being positive and optimistic. The same is true of cats. The author seems to be smiling and admiring the lovely character of the cat like an innocent child. Even when the naughty kitten "jumped on the table while you were writing", it didn't get upset. Not only not annoyed, but also said that the footprints it stepped on the manuscript paper were "a few small plum blossoms." The author admires the innocence of the full moon kitten with such interest, and writes it in such a nuanced and emotional way that people have a good impression on this little animal after reading it. The author likes kittens because he thinks they are "vibrant, innocent and lovely", which expresses the author's positive and optimistic attitude towards life and healthy style. In a word, the feelings expressed in Lao She's prose are not only healthy and strong, but also sincere and natural, without any affectation, so it has a strong appeal.
Second, Lao She's prose is structured around the center, not sloppy and full of gas.
Lao She has valuable experience in writing articles. Structural articles must be "accurate, not sloppy" and cannot have "perfunctory places". Focusing on the center and not being rambling is an important feature of Lao She's works. His prose is generally short, so he writes accurately and carefully, and there is no problem of rambling. When he wrote Cat, he said at the beginning that "the cat's personality is a little odd", and then he made a fuss about the word "odd": "You see, it is honest and playful; If it is happy, it can be gentler and cuter than anyone else. If it is unhappy, no matter how many good words anyone says, it won't say a word. It is afraid of everything, but it is brave. " In this way, the cat's "eccentric" (actually cute) character is clearly presented to the readers. Accurate features have something to do with eccentricity. The author wrote about Lin Hai, and the whole article was written around his own feelings-"kindness and comfort". When I started writing, I entered Daxing 'anling, stepping on pine needles accumulated for thousands of years and touching those ancient trees. I think this sweet name is so kind and comfortable. Then he wrote mountains, many mountains, mountains of various shapes, "How gentle each mountain is", "No one is arrogant", and forests, "All kinds of green forests, beautiful birch trees on the edge of forests, just like waves on the beach in the sun"; Write flowers: "There are countless wild flowers in the crystal clear river, butterflies are flying among the trees, and red beans like coral beads are hidden in it." Ridges, forests and flowers are all natural scenery. The beauty of these landscapes accurately expresses the author's inner feelings of "kindness and comfort" and infects readers at the same time. These scenery descriptions are obviously centered. The last part of the article, writing about wood, praises the contribution of wood in Daxing 'anling to the construction of the motherland; Write about forest farms, praising the labor of forestry workers and the prosperity of forest areas. From the beauty of Lin Hai to the beauty of Lin Hai's owner, beauty and architecture are integrated. The author shouted from the heart, "How can you not be kind and comfortable?" From beginning to end, the article is written around the feeling of "kindness and comfort" given by the beautiful forest in Daxinganling. There are no branches and vines, and the center is very prominent. The article "Growing Flowers" focuses on the fun of growing flowers. The first paragraph points out: "I only regard raising flowers as a pleasure in life"; The five natural paragraphs in the second part specifically describe where happiness lies; The third part summarizes the full text, using 24 concise words (mixed happiness and sorrow, ……) to sum up what is the fun of growing flowers. It can be said that there are no words, sentences or paragraphs that leave the center. The strict structure, clear hierarchy, strict care and transition are all due to the consistency of the center. Let's take a look at the article "Winter in Jinan". It is also the landscape prose written by Lao She at the beginning of 193 1 describing the beautiful winter scenery in Jinan. The winter in Jinan is very beautiful, and the winter in Jinan written by Lao She is even more beautiful. It is precisely because of this that Jinan, where "every family has a spring and every household has a cry", is a household name. Under Lao She's writing style, Jinan is a poem or a painting, and the writer's attachment to Jinan came out inadvertently. Firstly, by comparing with Beiping, London and tropical winters, the author highlights the characteristics of "warmth and sunshine" in Jinan in winter and praises it as a "treasure land". Let's turn to the description of winter scenery First, write about the mountain under the sun, then write about the mountain covered by Bo Xue, and then write about the distant mountain outside the city, and draw an elegant ink painting. After writing the mountain scenery in winter, write the water color in winter, and set off the clear and transparent water with the green of algae. Finally, wrap the full text in a concise, powerful and meaningful sentence.
Thirdly, the language of Lao She's prose is simple and lively.
Lao She is a master of modern and contemporary language art in China. His works are plain and clear as a lake without waves. But simplicity is not rigid, and the refinement and adoption of a large number of spoken languages make simple words more cordial, fresh, appropriate and vivid. Language is alive. These linguistic features are the same in his novels and plays, as well as in his prose. Lao She's prose is nothing more than writing scenery, remembering people, expressing feelings, telling stories and discussing things, and the details in the article are so ordinary, and the language is so simple and straightforward that ordinary people will feel that they are also the material for being a vernacular writer. Think about what kind of artistic means the old man is willing to use to bring square figures with different views to life. He won't drop his schoolbag with ready-made words in the dictionary, nor will he deliberately carve them to lure readers; He doesn't put on airs, and he doesn't talk empty talk in the fog. Instead, I rely on my own thoughts to take the lead in writing, turn skills into intangible, and naturally and frankly flow out of my heart. With a few simple strokes, a freehand brushwork will come alive on paper, and your senses will be activated instantly. Reading his Cat, we feel that the author is chatting with an old friend and introducing the cat's behavior with a loving and even a little "justifying a fault" expression. There are no beautiful and difficult words, but some are simple, cordial and natural, with a strong local flavor of Beijing. The author does not write fables, but uses anthropomorphic writing, which is unique, fresh and lively. For example, he wrote about the full-moon kitten like this: "My legs and feet are still unstable, but I have learned to be naughty. A chicken feather and a ball of thread are their good toys, and they play endlessly. When they play, they don't know how many somersaults they will fall, but as soon as they fall, they immediately get up, run and fall again. Their heads hit the door, the legs of the table and each other's heads, and they didn't cry when they were in pain. They are getting bolder and bolder. They are gradually opening up new playgrounds. They came to the yard. The flowers and plants in the yard were badly damaged. They wrestle in flowerpots and swing on branches ... "This language is easy to understand, even children can understand it, but it is not simple. Rhetoric is not used here, but the modality of the kitten is written very accurately and vividly. It seems that both innocence and naughty can be touched. When the writing of an article enters the process of expression, language becomes the first element. The seemingly ordinary words used by Lao She are so fresh and lively, which shows the extraordinary skill of language masters in grasping this first element. Lao She's language is simple, vivid and vivid, which is closely related to his humor. Lao She's humor is relaxed, witty and wise. Perhaps his humor can be regarded as a model of China literati's humor, and there is no lack of humor seasoning in people's lives. The condiments in Lao She's humorous prose all come from life, and the individuals and things he jokes, criticizes and satirizes are the reflection of real life and morbid society. He broke them up, dismembered them, mixed them with humorous seasonings, and fried them in the oil pan of language to make dishes with good color, smell and taste. The trick is all about the temperature. Only a master can master humor. The fire is small and half-baked, if it is stuck in the throat, it is difficult to swallow. When the fire is big, the mouth is greasy and the mouth is neat, but the taste buds on the tongue are wronged and there is no aftertaste. Lao She once said that humor "comes from the loveliness of the fact itself, not from the words". As mentioned above, readers can give Lao She's lovely kitten a knowing smile, because Lao She's humor is naturally spilled, not squeezed out, and it may not be able to point out where it is, which is not as good as ordinary and cheap "humor". This is the artistic feature of Lao She's language and the embodiment of his artistic style. Lao She's language art also benefits from his love and familiarity with Beijing citizens' language and folk literature and art. In his creation, Lao She "took off his gorgeous clothes and showed the naked beauty of words." Lao She found the advantage of conciseness in Chinese and Beijingdialect: "China language naturally does not lengthen sentences", and this short and powerful spoken language, that is, "the most commonly used folk spoken language is difficult to borrow foreign grammar", is also most suitable for expressing the universal inner feelings of human beings. He processed and used a large number of colloquial expressions of Beijing folk customs, which, in Lao She's own words, means "mobilizing the most common words." At the same time, he pursues exquisite beauty in vulgarity (which is also the characteristic of Beijing culture) and writes "concise, powerful, readable and beautiful articles". Lao She succeeded in unifying the popularity and literariness of language, making it clean, vivid, familiar, simple but not vulgar, and exquisite without carving. The sentences, sentence patterns, tone and even spiritual charm of his speech all have his unique taste and creation, and also vaguely permeate Beijing culture. This is also an important embodiment of "Beijing flavor"-popular, humorous, playful and elegant, incisive and profound, full of strong national color and emotional appeal. It is Lao She's unique Beijing-style language and style that earned him the reputation as a master of language art and humor, and made outstanding contributions to the creation and development of modern vernacular literature language.
Lao She's prose, even a short essay of about 1000 words, describes things in great detail. This is due to his careful observation of things and his efforts in language generalization.
In a word, the beauty of Lao She's prose lies in its elegance. "Needle and thread, weddings, funerals and private affairs", as long as some small things are truthfully pulled down, a wonderful literati structure will be achieved.
The beauty of Lao She's prose lies in humor. Its humor is relaxed, witty, wise and intriguing. Pick an article at random, and it will never feel outdated when you read it, so that you will laugh at it. The humor of Lao She's prose has eternal value.