What is the spirit of red sorghum?

Red sorghum is a myth and legend. The whole novel eulogizes humanity and exuberant vitality with mysterious colors. Therefore, praising life is the theme of this book. "It is to praise life, the inexhaustible vitality of life and the freedom and stretch of life through the shaping of characters.

"Red Sorghum" is not a realistic work, nor is it the root of national culture. On the contrary, in this story that connects three generations with the past tense, a personality with future significance is created, which transcends the concrete social surface and has the depth of humanity and essence. The theme of Red Sorghum from beginning to end is vigorous vitality, that is, to promote an undistorted, unrestrained and frank outlook on life.

Therefore, the works before readers are not an understood world, but an ideal of life in a world. This ideal is in the myth of "sun worship".

Red Sorghum is different from any previous book reflecting farmers, and its perspective has changed from the traditional praise of land to the praise of life. The extraordinary characteristics of the story determine the unreality of the narrative, and the location of the story has also been diluted. In Red Sorghum, the village, the most basic structure of society, was even diluted. All narrative elements and audio-visual elements in Red Sorghum are serving this warm, free and stirring style of natural life.

: 1, Red Sorghum Spirit

Red Sorghum depicts an ideal folk world full of life meaning and strength, and embodies the romantic spirit and magnificent colors, life will and passion of Mo Yan's novels.

Mo Yan boldly borrowed from Faulkner's and Marquez's stream-of-consciousness novels' temporal and spatial expressions and the plot structure of magical realism novels. While paying attention to the living conditions of ordinary people, he tells the legendary story of love and hate in the form of sketches, but in the loose plot, he not only displays a vibrant spirit of freedom, but also shows the author's strong sense of anxiety about "racial degradation"

2. Spiritual significance

It grasps the essence of heaven and earth, is careless, drought-resistant and waterlogging-resistant, full of vitality and wildness, and carries the symbolic significance as the primitive vitality of human beings. It brings people to a world full of thorns and tigers and wolves, and it is a human amulet.

It is embodied in Yu Zhanao, who is self-reliant, energetic, passionate, daring, loving and hating, full of masculinity and blood, full of vitality, and Dai Fenglian, who is resourceful, courageous and unrestrained.

This fearless character is a clear manifestation of "Red Sorghum Character". The love and pursuit of free life, the call for the return of modern life and vigorous vitality are all conveyed by Red Sorghum, which is full of vitality.

Through Red Sorghum, Mo Yan praised the red sorghum-like character of villagers in the northeast of Gaomi County, the primitive vitality and fearless spirit of ancestors, and the most authentic desire and pursuit as a human being. This endless and solemn red sorghum is not only a scene of life and fighting between "my grandfather" and "my grandmother", but also a symbol, a symbol, a hint and a transmission of vitality.

It is the glorious totem of their family, a symbol of the traditional spirit of Gaomi Northeast Township, and also a symbol of the excellent traditional national spirit. It is in sharp contrast with the weakness of the descendants of "poor, weak, suspicious and paranoid children whose souls are psychedelic by poisoned wine".