In the second half of the 19th century, the rapid development of mechanization, the rapid formation of monopoly groups, and the rapid accumulation of wealth constituted the characteristics of an era: an era of excess and extremes, an era of decline and progress, an era of poverty and wealth showing off, and depression.

and a time full of hope.

In such an era, American realist writers wrote a large number of novels with local characteristics that reflected the lives of people in the west, south, and east of the United States.

These novels widely represent people from different classes and fields, and strive to present people's life pictures truly, clearly and thoroughly.

In recent decades, the reason why realist literature has been able to survive in China can be seen from the history of the development of realist literature in the United States.

When society develops rapidly, contradictions will form invisibly.

There will also be an increasing number of works that criticize reality and expose the darkness of society.

"Speaking of which, he has some connection with you. After the book "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" written by you came out, he made an evaluation, saying that this book was the best work of China in the past twenty years, and the evaluation was very high."

Yang Fengxia said.

Zhang Zhong shook his head, "I don't know about this."

He really didn't know that there were too many people who commented on him every day, and he couldn't write them down one by one.

And people are always like this. He can remember an inconspicuous literary bastard like Schubert, but he doesn’t know about Carlyle’s evaluation of him. This is entirely because people can always remember his critics.

And ignore those who praise him.

In fact, Yang Fengxia didn't say a word.

Although Carlyle spoke highly of "Xu Sanguan's Blood Seller", he criticized Zhang Zhong's large number of science fiction works and detective novels. He believed that a good writer should not waste too much energy on popular literature.

In his eyes, popular novels, no matter how wonderful they are, are just entertainment products and cannot reach the level of elegance.

Moreover, Carlyle had previously commented on "Border Town". He believed that Zhang Zhong's "romantic attempt" was unreasonable. He believed that literary creation should deal with original materials without compromise, that is, emphasizing the authenticity of literary works in reflecting social reality.

performance and accuracy.

"Carlyle is a writer representing the "Literary News". We can see him at the first stop. In addition to him, there are also people like Janet Austen, New York Norton and so on..."

Although Yang Fengxia selected some important people to introduce to Zhang Zhong, the whole process took more than an hour.

Zhang Zhong was not tired after receiving the information, but Yang Fengxia was already talking and her mouth was dry.

"There are still some details, let's talk about them later. And your task this time is relatively simple. I will probably only need you to speak during the seminar. How to speak specifically is up to you."

Although it represents the Chinese Writers Association and has a huge momentum, it is still an ordinary literary exchange meeting. Of course, it has a high degree of freedom. Zhang Zhong can decide what he wants to say or what he doesn't want to say.

Furthermore, Zhang Zhong’s literary status and English proficiency were much higher than those of the other members of the delegation. Yang Fengxia had nothing else to say except to introduce the process information to him.

She believed that she wouldn't have to worry about Zhang Zhong's performance when the time came.

Zhang Zhong hummed and leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed to calm down. He didn't sleep long last night.
Chapter completed!