Chapter 515 This is epic!

Chapter 515 This is epic!

Chapter 515 This is epic!
"Mixie..." After calling several times, Morden finally got through to the other party, but before he could say anything, he heard the words on the other end.

"Mr. Morden, please take a look at the review posted by Mr. Buckram," Micksey said on the phone.

"Is it Mr. Buckram Mike?" Morden heard the familiar name.

If Yu Xinyao is the first literary critic in China, then Buckram is the first literary critic in Europe. One can even say that he is the second Walter Benjamin (known as the last European literati), which is very impressive.

What Morden is most proud of is Buckram's praise for "The Sacred Mountain": "The world created by integrating Greek mythology is like another kind of real world...." The following long paragraphs of criticism are omitted.

It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that Buckram's evaluation can determine the future of a new literary talent, but it is true that if he gets bad reviews, it will be difficult for him to win any literary awards within two or three years.

After all, most of the chairmen of the jury for literary awards are either his students or his good friends...

"Yes..." Mikki paused and continued, "Mr. Morden, please don't call me in the future. If you are too familiar with the author, it will affect your writing of book reviews. This time... Mr. Morden, I have something else to do."

The next moment, there was a busy tone.

So what you mean is that the book reviews on the Internet still give me face? Morden's eyes widened. He didn't understand.

Why was he so passionate when he called me the day before yesterday, but now he feels like he is falling into an icy cave.

Oh yeah, Buckram, it took Morden a little while to find out what the other party had published in The Washington Post.

Because of Buckram's popularity, he has columns in many newspapers, including The Times, Le Figaro, Le Monde, etc., which are updated from time to time. The book review praising him above is from the Buckram book talk special issue of Le Figaro.

Well, my book is more popular in America, but you went to French newspapers to publish comments. It's obvious that The Lord of the Rings was not published in America, but you went to American newspapers to publish it. Are you born a rebel?
Morden thought so in his heart and began to read Buckram's evaluation of Gu Lu.

[One day when Marquez was traveling and chatting with his wife, a sentence suddenly flashed through his mind: "Many years later, facing the firing squad..." He immediately gave up traveling and closed himself off to write, and told his wife that he was not writing a novel, but creating a new kind of literature.

This is the writer's confidence.

If an author does not intend to write an epic work, then an epic work will not appear in his writing. The author who wrote "The Lord of the Rings" must have intended to create a work like "The Divine Comedy" before writing.

According to my personal statistics, there are 53 scenes in The Lord of the Rings where poetry is used to supplement the narrative.

There are 25 poems related to war themes, accounting for about % of the total number of poems. ]
Poetry? Morden had never read The Lord of the Rings, so he had no idea that the other party could create such a poem.

"A work from the seventeenth century? And the bard's chanting is so out of date!" Morden commented.

The more you hate something in literary creation, the more likely it is that you have a weakness. For example, Daju hates the mindless hyperthyroidism thriller, so the thrill structure is relatively weak.

Morden is a little different. He can write poetry and knows that the legends of the bard are a feature of the fantasy world, but he doesn't dare to write like this because he is afraid that readers will think it is old-fashioned...

When something you don’t dare to write is created by others and receives high praise, it’s no surprise that Morden’s defense breaks down!

[The creation of epic wars is inseparable from poetry, because those who heal people are not praised, but those who kill people are famous in history, and the gene of admiring strength is deeply rooted in human beings since ancient times.

Poetry can also describe war in other ways. I like the Easter March song very much: "On a bleak morning, from the dark Dunshrine,
The son of Senger, with his lords and soldiers, mounted his horse and set out;
He returned to Edoras, where Mark led...

Eorl's people march eastward:
Through Fold, Finnmark, and Forest Firion, six thousand of the best spearmen marched to Sanlundin,
The majestic Mondeburg Castle at the foot of Mount Mindolun.
In the Southern Kingdom, the main city of the Sea King,
The enemy is all around us, and fires are blazing in our camps.

The destiny is rushing, the darkness has taken away
War horses and soldiers, the sound of hooves in the distance gradually

Mute, leaving only songs to tell the past to the world.”
This is poetry? Morden wondered if Buckram had been paid.

Of course, I have to say here that he didn't pay Bucklum, so his comments are genuine.

[This poem is written in an ordinary way, but it conforms to the simple characteristics of the ballad passed down by word of mouth, and it extends in the time and space of the war. And it allows the space of words to have a state of sound transformation.

Time flows in the transformation of space, creating a dynamic effect of synchronized sound and picture. The poem's description of war is not clear, but it is indeed more like another marching process.

There is also the chanting when Aragorn talked to Gandalf and his crew about the past of the Hussars. The eight questions in the poem gave me a very clear image of the Rohan people, a virtual nation created by the author, in my mind.

Poetry enriches "The Lord of the Rings" more powerfully. There is no redundant poem among the more than fifty poems. The multiple constructions of the plot, atmosphere and worldview add to the artistic charm of the story and show the multi-layered world of Middle-earth to readers.

It’s hard to imagine that Gu Lu is twenty-five years old now. Did he spend twenty-four years building this Middle-earth world?
He created a landmark work the first time he wrote a fantasy novel. Many fantasy writers should really learn from him.

As for the template for learning, isn't The Lord of the Rings available in bookstores? ]

That's right, Mikki saw this scene and suddenly stopped being a fan. She no longer likes Morden's works that much.

Morden has been writing fantasy for many years, so his ability is definitely up to par, but he has never seriously constructed a world. Compared with Gu Lu, who directly used original language, there is a world of difference between them.

Among the many fantasy writers, this phrase, which Buckram did not name, actually refers to Morden, because in the second half of the review in Le Figaro, it criticized the lack of scalability of the background world of "The Sacred Mountain".

Morden, who didn't want to admit it, immediately went out to buy a copy of The Lord of the Rings. Berlin is one of the most prosperous countries in Europe, so it's still possible to find a bookstore that sells foreign books.

It took Morden more than two hours to find the English version of The Lord of the Rings, but when he reached out to take the ring from the bookshelf, his hand froze.

why?
Don't dare...

Yes! I dare not. Readers' comments, Micki's comments, the sales of books, and even Buckram's column all show that the Lord of the Rings is much stronger than the Holy Mountain.

Can--

Morden left the foreign language bookstore as if he was running away. He was terrified, not because he knew that it was wrong to treat Gu Lu as a stumbling block, but because he was afraid.

And the charm of "The Lord of the Rings" continues to radiate!

(End of this chapter)