Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 729 How dare you? (third change)

There is a gap of about three weeks between the announcement of the first round of the Goncourt Literature Prize and the announcement of the second round.

Because Zhang Zhong was also shortlisted for the first round this time, the shortlist for the Goncourt Prize for Literature has attracted more attention than ever.

The [-] books shortlisted for the first round were also carefully studied, and people wanted to predict the final result through the works themselves.

And at this moment, "Lord of the Flies" suddenly caused a wave of controversy in the European and American literary circles.

The incident originated from an article published by the famous American feminist writer Kurt Romney in the "Metropolis" magazine three days after the announcement of the first round of the Goncourt Literary Prize.

"Metropolis" magazine is not the same thing as "Metropolis" in Earth America, but their origins are similar. At first, it was a family magazine, and later it focused on literature.

However, the "Metropolis" in this world has always focused on literature since then, while the "Metropolis" on Earth has since transformed into a women's magazine, targeting women's issues such as fashion, life, fitness and beauty.

Kurt Romney is a feminist writer, but he is a real man. No one stipulates that feminist writers can only be women.And because of Kurt's gender, he's quite popular in feminist circles.

His article in the "Metropolis" magazine called pz's "Lord of the Flies" a patriarchal novel that suppressed female consciousness from beginning to end. The lack of female characters in "Lord of the Flies" reflects the author pz's views on female oppression and discrimination.

Kurt also specifically pointed out the part of "Jack" and the others hunting wild boars in "Lord of the Flies" to support his point of view.

He believes that "Lord of the Flies" is full of strong masculinity, which is set against the background of the absence of women.Girls are thrown to nuclear war to die, and boys are preserved as a species to perpetuate the bloodline.

The only female (maternal) feature on the island is the sow who died under the hands of Jack and others. She is a product of nature, but is regarded by boys as an object to satisfy their carnivorous desires.

And when killing a sow, the description of pz is full of sexual hints, which is also the suppression of women.

Most of the readers of "Metropolis" are women, and some of them are extreme feminists.

Some people who have read "Lord of the Flies" didn't have much feeling before, but after reading this article by Kurt, they "suddenly realized". cause trouble.

They feel that Kurt's explanation about killing wild boars is very reasonable. Looking at it this way, we can indeed see the oppression of women in PZ's works.

For a while, "Lord of the Flies" was labeled as a "masculine classic" by some people and became a target of feminism.

In fact, there are still many people who have not read "Lord of the Flies", just because of this article by Kurt, they have a prejudice against this book.

And when they saw that the book was shortlisted for the Goncourt Prize, they were filled with righteous indignation.

How can such an ugly and masculinist work be included in the shortlist? Isn't this an open violation of feminism?
No, it must be taken down!Also everyone a fair.

Although the [-] judges of the Goncourt Literary Prize Jury have not given any response, it is precisely because of the lack of response that extreme feminists are even more angry.

Later, someone said that the Goncourt Literary Prize itself is an ugly literary prize with supremacy of masculinity, because since the establishment of the prize, only a handful of female authors have won the Goncourt Literary Prize.

It is not surprising that such a literary award that is not righteous in itself is in the same boat as pz.

After the release of the eight shortlisted works in the second round, the anger of those feminists reached another level.

Those people on the jury of the Goncourt Literature Prize actually saved "Lord of the Flies" for the second round.

How dare they?
Some people picked up the fact that only two of the fifteen judges of the Goncourt Literature Prize jury were women, which became another point of criticism from feminists.

But in fact, this is the same thing as what they criticized before.

There are [-] judges for the Goncourt Literature Prize each time, and they are usually selected from previous winners. The judges are the same every time, unless some of the judges have serious personal problems or death. replacements took office.

Because fewer women have won the Goncourt Literature Prize, there are naturally fewer women on the jury.

But these people who attacked the judges didn't care. They only saw the huge disparity in the number of men and women among the judges.

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Feminist crusader Kurt sits on the sofa in his living room, browsing the Internet for news about Lord of the Flies and the Goncourt Prize.

He is in a good mood recently, because after criticizing "Lord of the Flies", he has more fans and has become a leader in women's literature. Although other feminist writers have jumped out to criticize pz in recent days, he is the first A person who stands out is undoubtedly more eye-catching than others.

Kurt has done a lot to cast other writers on the opposite side of women.Especially for wilderness literature, he has published countless similar articles.

Because of the nature of wilderness literature, female characters are often absent.

Some works do have the meaning of suppressing women, but some works simply follow the tradition of wilderness literature.

But Kurt doesn't care about this. Wilderness literature itself has original sin. It is unforgivable to have no female characters. It can only be blamed for pz's carelessness.

Moreover, he has written so many critical articles, which caused the biggest sensation this time. On the one hand, Zhang Zhong himself is famous all over the world; It's like rubbing two heats at once.

But Kurt overlooked one point, he was already too obsessed with the role of the female protagonist fighter.

So in his heart, prejudice has long been planted.

Sometimes, prejudice in people's hearts is like a mountain, which cannot be erased.

When he watched "Lord of the Flies", he also had this kind of prejudice, so what he saw in his eyes was only the supremacy of masculinity, while ignoring the deep meaning of the work itself.

And it was precisely this prejudice that made him fail in the end.

After the second round of winners came out, French writer He Kelan published an article entitled "On the Absence of Women in Lord of the Flies" in the famous French literary journal "New Literature".

""Lord of the Flies" seems to be an inheritance of the tradition of desert island literary novels. The absence of female characters in the novel has also been criticized by some feminist critics, who believe that this book is a classic for men..."

(End of this chapter)