Literature, especially literature after the middle of the 2th century, is absurd and you don't need to "understand".
is absurdity foreign? No, you have to experience this emotion every day in your life: when your boss asks you to buy a box lunch, when you arrive at Xizhimen overpass, when you see the urban management, when you get paid, when your electricity bill is overdrawn, when your girlfriend sleeps with her neighbor.
literary works are the reconstruction of what you can feel. Like the Greek tragedy, a process of re-baptizing yourself.
Some literary works convey happiness (Snow White and the Seven Little Four), some literary works convey sadness (Les Miserables and Tian Long Ba Bu), some literary works convey loss (The Dancer of Izu), and some literary works convey confusion (Letters from Pan Xiao).
Human emotions are varied, and an important task of literature is to rebuild and experience these emotions. Just like the important task of food seasoning is to rebuild a taste experience: sweet, salty, sour and spicy.
Feeling is also an integral part of reading.
I don't know that the beauty of literary works lies in "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts" (Aristotle's Poetics)
No philosopher in the world has said that "logic" is higher than "absurdity" and both are human emotions. The possibility of human emotion expanding literature.
it is a part of absurdity to extract "logic" from the emotion of "absurdity". Letting absurd books tell you logic is like asking Mr. Dou to dance ballet.
What's more, "logic" is not an existence whose value is higher than "absurdity". Logic and absurdity are two small partners (occasionally stunned)
Books that convey logic: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, informal logic and Introduction to Logical Philosophy
Books that convey absurdity: Introduction to Logical Philosophy, Kafka's Castle, Hemingway's Mountains Like White Elephants and Beckett's Waiting for Godot
You. By sorting out, excluding, inducing, and occasionally deceiving ourselves, we see the "logic" of the world clearly.
But no one can prove that logic is worth more than absurd existence.
It's like saying which is better: sweet or salty.
they are just life experiences. Some books rebuild absurdity for you, and some books rebuild logic for you. You don't expect to "understand" an absurd book. Most of the time, you will understand it once you experience the absurdity. Just like you don't try to understand the sweetness from glutinous rice balls (sucrose or sweetener? ), you feel the sweetness, and the purpose of glutinous rice balls is complete.
Finally, Mr. Dou tells you a few words: The absurdity of some writers is nonsense. Everyone has seen this kind of work, such as the poem of the chairman of the writers association.
or: I got up and ate a bowl of tofu brain, and
brushed everyone.
tofu brain and everyone.
is this poem absurd? Maybe a little.
Some absurdities are unclear, while others are deliberately unclear. You can feel this, just like Sanquan's dumplings and Mr. Dou's own dumplings: the taste and quality are different.
Last but not least, I want you to be wary of some people who call themselves absurd writers because they can't write clearly. -July 16th.