The so-called dinner party is to provide a platform for teachers to communicate with each other, and the location is the school’s auditorium.

The school building of Shanghai University is in an alley and the conditions are very simple.

The school building is just an old-fashioned Shikumen building, with more than ten houses on two floors. The school demolished the partition walls of the two houses side by side and changed them into an auditorium. It can be regarded as a large classroom. Other living rooms and wing rooms are classrooms.

Among the people who came to attend the dinner party, half were social celebrities like Lin Zixuan, the guest professors they were hired, and the other half were the school’s faculty and staff, who were also well-known.

For example, Yang Xingfo, a pioneer in management science in China, Ye Chuyi, a famous poet in the South Society, Zhang Naiyan, a Ph.D. in Science at the University of Geneva, He Shizhen, a Ph.D. in Law at the University of Michigan, etc.

In fact, if you look at the school directors of Shanghai University, you will know that both Cai Yuanqi and Zhang Taiyan are top figures in the education industry, and others are also leaders of this era.

Not to mention that Sun Zhongshan and Chen Duxiu are supporting them behind.

Although these people did not come forward, they had a strong appeal. How could celebrities in Shanghai refuse this recruitment? This led to dozens of famous professors in such a university with only more than 100 students.

Such a powerful faculty can be said to be the only one in the country.

Lin Zixuan also could not refuse this recruitment. Whether or not he came to give lectures was secondary. It was mainly to support the reputation of the school, because this was the result of the first cooperation between the two parties.

In fact, there was a saying later: "There is Huangpu in the martial arts, and the literature is Shangda in the Shangda in the north; the northern part is Peking University, and the southern part is Shangda."

This shows the future influence of this university.

At this time, there were only two departments at Shanghai University, one was the Department of Literature and the other was the Department of Fine Arts.

The Department of Literature is divided into the Department of Chinese Literature and the Department of British Literature. The director of the Department of Chinese Literature is Zhang Junmou, and the director of the Department of British Literature is He Shizhen.

In Shanghai, there is no base for new literature, unlike in Peking, where Peking University is the center of new literature.

The Department of Literature of Shanghai University advocates new literature. As a representative figure of new literature, Lin Zixuan naturally has to participate.

In fact, with his position in new literature, he could be the director of the Chinese literature department, but he knew that he was good enough to copy novels. If he really taught literature, it would be a misleading child.

Zhang Junmou is very enthusiastic about Lin Zixuan. Shanghai University is currently in its inception and needs teachers and talents from all aspects.

For example, although the Chinese Literature Department advocates new literature, the subjects offered are mainly Chinese studies.

Vice President Shao Li taught the "Book of Changes", Chen Wangdao taught the grammar and rhetoric, and Ye Chuqi taught the old style of poetry.

Shanghai is not as good as Peking, so it is not easy to find a professor in the field of new literature.

Although there are so many celebrities in society, those who can give speeches can be given, there is no time for lectures, mainly to support the scene.

Guo Moruo, the people of the Creation Society, are still running around Japan and Shanghai. The literary research association represented by Shen Yanbing is fighting fiercely with the Mandarin duck butterfly school. Only Lin Zixuan is both famous and has no serious business.

Of course, this is the view of the outside world, and Lin Zixuan said that he is actually very busy.

The Chinese Literature Department is quite good. He Shizhen, the head of the British Literature Department, has a background in studying law, but this person has a background in studying in the United States, so there is no big problem in managing the British Literature Department.

Zhang Junmou wanted Lin Zixuan to offer a course on new literature, and there was no problem with novels or poetry, but he just didn't talk about traditional literature like "Dream of Red Mansions".

Lin Zixuan gave eight classes at Fudan University, "Dream of Red Mansions", which established his position in the Red Academic community.

He systematically and comprehensively explained the various factions and research aspects of the Redology. Many Redology researchers pessimistically believe that in the future, they can study it according to the direction pointed out by Lin Zixuan. He finished talking about the Redology.

This does not mean that "Dream of Red Mansions" does not require research, but means that there is no other research direction.

Lin Zixuan talks about the general direction of building a high-level view, and the details still need to be studied continuously. As more and more literature is discovered, research on Redology will only be more prosperous.

Especially for the criticism school, people from different eras have different interpretations of "Dream of Red Mansions", which is a topic that can never be finished.

Lin Zixuan completely opened the door to research in Hongxue, and he ignored the following matters.

He compiled the lecture notes at Fudan University into a book called "A First Discussion on Dream of Red Mansions". After publication, he no longer mentioned the matter of "Dream of Red Mansions". In fact, he had nothing to say.

Faced with Zhang Junmou's enthusiastic invitation, Lin Zixuan had no choice but to agree.

He needs to seriously consider what to say.

The students of Shanghai University are different from Fudan University. They have a tendency to make progress. In order to defeat the former president Wang Litang, they ran around and contacted each other, and even went to prison for this, which attracted the attention of all sectors of society.

It is definitely not interesting for these students to teach traditional culture, so Lin Zixuan decided to offer a writing course for new literature.

This writing course not only involves writing novels, but also includes writing poetry, writing dramas, writing movie scripts, etc.

There is a Taoist saying that if you read the book a hundred times, the meaning will be revealed.

Lin Zixuan has copied so many novels and read a lot of books, and he is quite knowledgeable about how to write.

With the insights of later generations, what he said in this regard may not be profound enough, but it is broad enough, mainly focusing on inspiring students' thinking habits so that they will not be limited by this era.

At the same time, it is also to cultivate screenwriter talents for the film industry.

Few people in China nowadays can write movie scripts, and even formal movie scripts are rare in the United States. They start shooting after a rough outline and solve problems when they encounter them.

This wastes time and money, and also affects the quality of filming.

In later generations, a standard movie script had about 120 pages, or two hours long. Whether your script was full of dialogue, description, or both, it could be calculated as a page per minute.

One page in the movie script equals one minute of screen time.

Lin Zixuan couldn't write such a standard movie script, but the script he wrote had at least a complete story and dialogue, including what kind of shots he used.

This is actually similar to the drama script. Hong Shen was very inspired after reading it. He felt that filming in the future requires more detailed scripts and should write the film script as a literary text.

As a professional, Lin Zixuan admires Hong Shen, who can theorize everything.

For things like teaching, you should ask a guy like Hong Shen who has rich theoretical knowledge to come, rather than a half-baked guy like him.

No matter how much I complain, Lin Zixuan still needs to prepare lessons carefully.

Students from this school may have a bright future in the future, and no one knows what will happen in the future. The advantage of teaching and educating people is that one day you can have a lot of talents all over the world.
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