This sentence comes from the answer of North Island.
After the two world wars, the western economy suffered heavy losses, exposing the false prosperity of western rationality and civilization. In the field of culture and philosophy, spiritual leaders characterized by doubt and negation appeared, such as Nietzsche's "God is dead", and western modernist literature also rose accordingly. Kafka, Sartre and other writers sharply revealed the wasteland characteristics of modern civilization: the distortion of human nature, the crushing of value, the falsehood of emotion and the failure of knowledge. Science, technology and culture have not brought happiness to people, but have further squeezed people's living space to some extent. In this civilized wasteland, the identity of intellectuals is first questioned and criticized. The modern transformation of China culture in the 20th century was carried out in two voices: while holding high the banner of enlightenment, it questioned and criticized the thoughts of the enlightener. North Island is in this contradiction, which is naturally rooted in his creative thoughts. "
North Island's early poems are characterized by strong personal heroism and self-lyricism. This poem has sharp words. The direction is very clear-in the Cultural Revolution and even today's society, despicable people walk freely in the world with their meanness, like a passport, while noble people walk to the cemetery with their nobility. "The gilded sky is full of the distorted reflection of the deceased." It shows that the author refuses to whitewash the peace with the authorities. In his superficial brilliant achievements, he vaguely sees the blood and spirit of the deceased in the past-it has long been distorted, ignored and scattered. Mankind has already entered a new era of civilization and rationality. Why is irrational chaos and disorder everywhere? The distortion of human nature during the Cultural Revolution, such as Qian Fan's competition in the Dead Sea, did not distinguish right from wrong. Attached to the minions of society, good and evil are inseparable, such as sharp and dangerous ice ridges after the ice age. The whole poem is shaped as "I" in a fantasy space; In this dark world, holding a rope and paper, he refused to kneel before the Buddha's predecessor and stood up to resist and judge the secular. Shout it out: I-don't-believe it! Not only do I not believe in disorder and chaos in the world, but I also don't believe in all established rules and natural laws. I just want to believe in my firm belief that one day I will reorganize Gan Kun and the stars will shine in the unobstructed starry sky again.
In fact, at this time, North Island's poems have distinct contradictions. It seems that an independent space has been created in poetry, which magnifies the role of self, indicating that Gankun will be reorganized and criticized as ugly one day, but it is actually because the smallness and powerlessness of individuals in reality are squeezed into the expression of spiritual space. Only through this growing personal catharsis and critical resistance can we face the reality, which seems to be a face, but it is actually a dilemma and escape. As a grain of sand rolling down in the historical trend, it drifts with the tide in the background. I don't know what else I can do to go upstream and run around in anxiety and tension. In the spiritual wilderness, declare loudly that this scene here, if you don't want to open your eyes in the dark, would rather enjoy the light in your dream. It is this contradiction that gives this poem a unique charm.
The shaping role of the times is higher than that of the self. And we say that we need this kind of resistance to guide our spirit not to become a vassal of real life. In other words, the times need such spirit and such sober pain. Starting to resist means the establishment of self-personality, which means the real arrival of the enlightenment era.
Regarding the political movement, Kitajima did not simply deny it, but "turned stupid things into nutrition and became the possibility of re-creation." The destruction of a series of political movements has made the personality and pursuit of young intellectuals different from the past-they no longer crave fame and fortune, but their thirst for truth and light is far greater than that of senior officials. It is this barrier from traditional intellectuals' thoughts that brought a new atmosphere and shaped the open, quiet and profound ideological character of young literati in that period. The reasons behind the impact can be described as complex and profound. However, we can imagine that Kitajima's early personal critical spirit doomed him to struggle with reality all his life.
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How to understand and evaluate North Island's answer? Li Nianzhi [citation time: 2018-1-15]