Chapter 522 Top
Chapter 522 Top
"We are tired, so let's discuss it. I believe you have all read at least one article." Orr said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please share your opinions."
"I'm reading the Kleist piece. Has anyone read the works of this playwright?" As per convention, the chairman spoke, followed by vice chairman Conis.
"I've seen 'Prince Friedrich of Humboldt', but that was many years ago," said Bed.
Everyone understood the vice chairman's actions and checked the biography they had just read to see if there was any discrepancy.
After all, Gu Lu's writing was so provocative that two of the seven people read the Nietzsche chapter. Compared to the other two, Nietzsche was really well-known in Germany, so they must have some knowledge of him.
But after reading the Nietzsche article, I felt like my previous understanding of Nietzsche was overturned.
"Do you remember what we talked about?" Cornis continued to ask.
"It should be a play based on Count Friedrich II of Hesse-Humboldt. I don't remember the specific content, but what impressed me most was Friedrich's mental disorder after the war, his inner repression, and his imprisonment in the castle. There is a long monologue in which the character switches back and forth between sanity and madness. It is this plot that occupies a large part, so this play seems to be called a psychological drama." Bed said it very clearly, and he also wanted the vice chairman to have a better judgment.
I also hope that the questions she asks later can get good responses.
Hearing this, Konis looked down at the manuscript (he was reading it on a tablet) and said, "This is the torn thinking arc of the characters that exists in all of Kleist's works. Extending from this, it is a strong resistance to reality and a persistent pursuit of ideals. Kleist's tragedy is doomed."
Bed understood the last sentence, because although Hölderlin and Kleist had different processes, personalities, and inner demons, their endings were the same, a destined tragedy!
"It seems that there is an old Chinese saying, I don't know how to pronounce it, but it means that most talented people from ancient times to the present have had a rough life," said Bed.
"Is it 'Since ancient times, literature has always hated success'?" Conis read out the sentence in broken Chinese. The pronunciation was not standard, but it was barely audible.
"Maybe," Bedard said, not knowing whether it was right or wrong. She said, "Gu Lu's biography is a version I have never seen before, because before this, I could not imagine that I could have such a great resonance with the protagonist of the biography. Mr. Gu Lu used a unique method to immerse us completely in the scene, as if we were wearing VR glasses."
"Also, his descriptions are so precise, which reminds me of Borges," Bader said. "The book uses a lot of symbolism."
Chairman Orr, who was also watching the Hölderlin chapter, nodded in agreement and continued, "Hölderlin is a tree struck by lightning, symbolizing the blazing brilliance of his passionate creation and the doomed end of turning into ashes."
"Kleist is likened to an arrow that wants to leave the bowstring but has no target. This describes the essence of psychedelic art." Cornis continued, "He also used the idea that escaping is like changing the towel when you have a fever, which shows that he is always wandering between passion and destruction."
"Nietzsche's description of the metallic sky feels very accurate to me, because no one ever understood Nietzsche during his lifetime, but his thoughts are indeed as broad as the sky."
Someone added at the end.
"It seems that all the gentlemen and ladies are very satisfied with Mr. Gu Lu's new work." Or looked around.
Some nodded, while others remained silent. No one objected to the Chairman's statement.
“After listening to the comments of my colleagues and combining them with what I have seen, I would like to summarize the advantages of Mr. Gu Lu’s biographical works. He is able to re-describe historical figures.”
“He has brushes, paints and a palette, and he can easily create a portrait,” Orr said. “The regret contained in his words is so heavy that even if I have no opinion of the artist, I still sigh after reading it. This emotion even overshadows the original image of the artist in people’s minds.”
This description is also very accurate.
Even the two people who read Nietzsche's works, whose profound views had already been changed a lot.
After discovering this, a committee member joked, "Mr. Gu Lu should write a war declaration." Declaration of war - cultural war is also a war. Aren't the several diplomatic steps that Gu Lu used to complete his national mission also declarations?
It's so fierce! Look at Zweig, he's been plucked bald.
As the chairman, Orr understood that everyone's emotions were currently influenced by words and they were unable to make accurate judgments.
He has been the chairman of the Strict Education Committee for four or five years and he knows one thing very well: good articles are not necessarily suitable for junior high school students.
"Everyone, take Mr. Gu Lu's manuscript back and continue voting tomorrow after reading it." Orr said, "You will have more time to think."
Having said that, Bed was a little unhappy. Why did he assign me work after work?
Just as Bede was about to raise an objection, she remembered that she already had the habit of reading every day. "The Man Who Fights the Devil" was obviously a good work, so there was nothing wrong with going back and taking a look at it.
Besides, she also wanted to read the article and find out the pursuit of writing poetry, like Hölderlin.
Everyone agreed.
Then the committee started the second item, which was to hold a meeting to discuss whether the textbooks should reduce the amount of poetry.
Currently, in the general German textbooks, there are an average of 7 poems per semester.
Wow, the originally relatively quiet round table conference room suddenly became lively.
Look at Bede, he quickly got rid of the pursuit in his mind.
As expected, only anger can make people forget everything else. Now Bed only wants the proportion of poetry to not be reduced.
Other members agreed that the reduction was mainly due to the fact that poetry is no longer popular and there are almost no great poets today...
The working hours in Germany are quite early, and places like the Strict Education Committee are even more punctual.
At five o'clock, Orr walked out of the building. He probably determined the level of the Chinese genius from the Hölderlin article, and he was a writer of the first echelon of writing power in the world.
The text of the biography is extremely inflammatory. The last time I saw such inflammatory text was in... I won’t talk about it because it is not in line with current political correctness.
After returning home, Orr finished a lot of things and finally had some free time to continue reading the manuscript. His second article was about Nietzsche.
After reading it, Orr immediately overturned his evaluation from the afternoon.
"Mr. Gu Lu's level is not world-class, but world-class. But - this work is not suitable for junior high school textbooks!"
With this mentality, he came to the round table meeting room again, and the same six colleagues were there yesterday.
The problem is still the same as yesterday.
Without waiting for others to speak, Orr spoke first, "Ladies and gentlemen, after reading the three chapters of "The Man Who Fights the Devil", have your thoughts changed yesterday?"
(End of this chapter)