First, the novel-"The Grass House"
1, release information
Title: Straw House Author: Cao Wenxuan Publishing House: Jiangsu Children Publishing House Page: 279 Publication Date:1997 65438+February ISBN: 9787534 18727 Binding: paperback format: 32 Pricing: 18.00 Yuan.
2. Introduction of works
Straw House is a novel for teenagers by Cao Wenxuan. The work describes the unforgettable six-year primary school life of the boy Sang Sang. In the past six years, he has witnessed or directly participated in a series of touching stories that seem ordinary but make people cry: innocent feelings between boys and girls, sadness and elegance of unfortunate teenagers when fighting against bad luck, persistent insistence of disabled teenagers on dignity, brilliant personality of the old man at the last moment, profound and beautiful understanding of life in the experience of death, complex and poetic emotional entanglements between adults ... These six years are six years in which he received life enlightenment education. The thatched cottage is a beautiful place, which reminds us of romantic, warm, distant and romantic fairy tales. When we approached the thatched cottage built for us in Cao Wenxuan, we were really filled with such a breath. With beautiful writing, the author wrote down the primary school life that has left us. This seemingly ordinary life is not simple, perhaps we have never experienced it in our time, but there is no doubt that we can all understand the innocent story between boys and girls who have not yet grown up but want to grow up. There are many moves, but they are inevitable. The unforgettable experience of boy Sang Sang, the sadness of unfortunate teenagers fighting against bad luck, the persistence of disabled teenagers in dignity, etc., are all staged in this actually small hut, giving people a touching feeling and sometimes even making people cry. The works are elegant in style and full of beauty from beginning to end. The narrative style is humorous and solemn, the overall structure is unique and novel, and the plot design is tortuous and clever. Today, the relationship between people is becoming more and more alienated and the feelings are becoming more and more indifferent. The feeling of compassion rippling in all works is also precious and particularly touching. The whole narrative is clear and has a certain depth. It is the kind of children's literature that children love to read and adults can read.
3. The content of this book
General order
The first chapter bald crane
Chapter II Paper Month
The third chapter white finch (a)
The fourth chapter Aidi
Chapter V Red Gate (1)
Chapter VI Good Horse
Chapter 7 White finch (2)
Chapter 8 Red Gate (2)
Chapter IX Drug Therapy
Is for postscript to follow eternity.
2. Awards
"The Grass House" won the Bingxin Literature Award. The 1st, 2nd and 4th Children's Literature Awards of Chinese Writers Association. 1994, 1997, 1998 Best Reading Award jointly awarded by Taiwan Province Provincial Cultural Construction Committee, Minsheng Daily and Mandarin Daily. The 4th National Book Award (1999), Five One Project Award of the Propaganda Department of the CPC (1999), Bingxin Children's Literature Award and the 5th Soong Ching Ling Children's Literature Gold Award. The film "Grass House" won the Best Screenplay Award of the 9th Golden Rooster Award, the China Film Observation Award of 1998, the 4th Cowboy Award and the Film Critics Award, and the Golden Butterfly Award, the special award of the jury of the 4th Teheran International Film Festival.
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Student Comments on Innocent Love —— Reading Cao Wenxuan's Straw House is a children's book, which describes a boy named Sang Sang's unforgettable primary school life. By describing the personality characteristics, family background and study life of four students, Lu He, Zhiyue, Ma and Du Xiaokang, the novel makes us feel the innocent innocence among children and the touching scene of mutual help among students. Even if there are all kinds of injuries between classmates, the child's heart is still pure. "Luhe" is a bald child. As the days passed, Lu He, a sixth-grade student, felt that his baldness made his classmates "laugh". Self-esteem was hurt, and Lu Xixi did something unusual for it. He didn't have to go to school to avoid the strange eyes of his classmates, wiped his head with ginger in the hope of growing hair after 7749 days, and tried to cover up his baldness with a hat. When all these made him fall into a worse situation, he simply threw his hat into the sky on such an important day as the "radio exercise" competition, which led to the loss of control of the whole school's radio exercise and missed the honor of "first place". "In this way, Lu Xixi retaliated against others' contempt and insult in his unique way. "Even if Lu Xixi retaliated against other people's insults with such a serious mistake, the child was innocent. He hopes to get everyone's recognition and respect through such a move. Fortunately, he still has a strong sense of collective honor. When there was a lack of a bald actor in their school's literary performance, he resolutely stepped forward and took on this important role, and he played this role meticulously and vividly. During the performance, Lu Xixi realized that only by doing good things for the collective can we get recognition and respect from everyone. Every child's heart is pure, and their "unbearable smile" and "disgusting eyes" do not contain real "malice". They experienced what is true and what is pure from the children's world. One is a bare "land crane" and the other is a "paper moon" that people can't help but want to protect. Paper Moon, like her name, is a fragile product, with good handwriting, tears, laughter, gentleness, silence and stubbornness ... all of which bring mulberry a sense of inferiority and confrontation. All this is so real and beautiful in the author's description. Although Paper Moon is an illegitimate child, in the eyes of children, it does not affect the kindness and beauty of Paper Moon. Children's world is pure, what is beautiful and what is good are all experienced from children's eyes. Sima is an adopted son. In a strange world, she felt rejected by others and could not adapt to the new life. Facing the new life, he chose to escape. He refused to talk with his classmates, chose to associate with sheep and started his own free-range life. But deep down, children still want to communicate with their peers. When he can understand the local dialect, he uses clumsy "swearing and fighting", hoping to get "provocation" from others, so as to vent his jealousy of the children studying in the classroom. Although he instinctively rebelled against his adoptive parents, he still planned to escape from this place one day. The adoptive parents' home was flooded, the adoptive father died of illness, and the adoptive mother couldn't stand a series of blows and went crazy. Sima resolutely provoked the family and took on the responsibility of taking care of the foster mother. Children's world is pure, and what is sadness and courage is realized from their actions. Du Xiaokang's life has undergone earth-shaking changes, from the richest man in the village to debt-ridden overnight. Children really suffer too much. A child who wears clean clothes all day leads a carefree and responsive life. His life is envied by children, his academic performance is excellent, he has all kinds of snacks in his pocket, and he can ride an expensive bike through the children's playground. Such children must be the "king of children", enjoy supreme status and even play games. They are often the leaders of "generals" and "commanders". However, unexpected things happened and the rich life was destroyed overnight. Because the father's business failed, the child's sense of superiority was completely lost. It is certain that the child does not adapt, but he bravely endured it. After failing to accompany the father to release ducks in a deserted place. The father collapsed, but the child bravely stood up, inherited his father's business and set up a stall at the school gate. The world of children is pure. From their actions, they realized what is responsibility and what is strength. Cao Wenxuan is a writer who is determined to touch today's children with stories of "once" teenagers. It seems that it is not easy to make such a decision in China, and the screenwriter needs to write a follow-up article to show his mind. Many successful writers in the world have this idea. Most of these writers mentioned above belong to this type. The teenagers written by Mark Twain and De Joan all have their own childhood marks, while Wilder and Tetsuko Kuroyanagi simply wrote their own stories. Cao Wenxuan also admitted in an interview with young Zhang Miao that the mulberry in the straw house "has its own shadow". Cao Wenxuan 1954 was born in Yancheng, Jiangsu, and has lived for 20 years. 65438-0974 studied in Chinese Department of Peking University, and then stayed as a teacher. Now he is Professor Peking University and a doctoral supervisor of modern and contemporary literature. He is also one of the most important contemporary writers, and his achievements are not limited to the field of children's literature. When he was a child, he lived in a very poor rural area in northern Jiangsu. " It is difficult to describe how poor he is in words. Although "however" was poor, it was still very interesting and enjoyable during that time. "How enjoyable, you will naturally know after reading" The Straw House ". He recalled that in such poverty, the greatest hope was to have a bowl of dry rice and a bowl of braised pork at home. But when he left there, he found that "everything in the past is so precious, and every dust, every scene and every character there can enter the literary world." "In his juvenile novels, although people lack material conditions, the living environment is picturesque in his works. He deeply recalled: "In my hometown, there are rivers and bridges everywhere. If you walk three miles, you have to cross at least five bridges. It turns out that the main means of transportation in our place is boats, so when I was a little older, I would use bamboo poles to hold boats, paddle and paddle. "The story of" The Grass House "happened in such a water town. The story begins with Sang Sang's first grade and ends with his 1962 primary school graduation. Those who are familiar with that period of history must know that it was the Great Leap Forward and the natural disasters in the next three years. But the story doesn't tell this history, only a quiet but not calm story of a water town primary school. Sang Sang is the son of President Sancho. Sang Sang's home is on the campus of Yau Ma Tei Primary School, which is also a straw house. Yau Ma Tei Primary School is a hut of the same color. More than a dozen straw houses seem to be regular, but they seem to be irregularly connected. They are used as classrooms, offices, teachers' dormitories or activity rooms and warehouses. Before and after these huts or between them, there are always some arrangements, or a bunch of two bamboos, or three or two roses, or a colorful canna, or simply a small piece of grass mixed with small flowers. These arrangements, without any intention, seem to have existed in this campus, which is what it is. ..... The grass house in Yau Ma Tei Primary School is exquisite and luxurious, and the grass selection is stricter than any other one here, and the roof is very thick. So in the grass house of Yau Ma Tei Primary School, it is warm in winter and cool in summer. This house, under the pure sky in the countryside, reveals a simplicity. And when the sun shines in the sky, the golden luster on the roof shines again. Expert Comments on the Aesthetic Pursuit of "The Grass House" Faced with the precocious children who are overwhelmed by heavy schoolwork, and surrounded by the wave of information, children's literature writers feel a kind of anxiety at a loss. However, a group of writers who consciously assume the role of "future national character shapers" still try to impress today's children and wash their feelings through their own writing. Cao Wenxuan is one of them. "How to touch children today and even in the future?" This doubt is successfully interpreted as firm self-confidence in Cao Wenxuan's works, and the novel The Straw House is a typical text. Through the romantic narration of the two themes of growth and human nature, the novel realizes the writer's goal of "pursuing eternity" First, the display of the beauty of human nature Although the living environment has changed and the psychological and physical conditions have also changed significantly, today's children's basic desires, basic emotions, basic behaviors and even basic living conditions are the same as before. When the author saw this, he was answering "How to move today's children?" When this proposition was put forward, it seemed to be quite focused: enlightening people and purifying the soul with the return of human nature. Romain rolland said in John Christophe that education instills many ready-made feelings into children and becomes their second nature. In other words, the primitive thinking and natural psychology without education at the beginning of life are the purest human existence in the world and the closest to the origin of human nature. The first thing that stands out in the works is childlike innocence. Sang Sang, the hero of the novel, is a very typical child, who often does something whimsical and unexpected. He felt pity and decided to improve the pigeon's residence. He recklessly changed the cupboard used at home into a "pigeon coop". When he saw the pigeon cage hanging firmly on the wall, Sang Sang was moved by his nobility. Out of envy of fish, I will throw the mosquito net on my parents' big bed into the river as a fishing net. Therefore, just after the mosquito net was robbed for life, Sang Sang was inevitably in trouble. Mr. Feng Zikai saw his daughter, Po, riding on a stool, swinging and saying, "A stool has four legs, and Po has two legs." As soon as the children's voice came out, Mr. Wang was ecstatic and wrote a picture entitled "A stool has four legs and Po has two legs". Later, I couldn't help mentioning it in Tang Essays, and regarded it as a representative of children's naive interest. If we compare "four-legged stool, two-legged Po" with Sang Sang's single-minded pursuit of "good deeds", we will lose our voice. In addition to childlike interest, an important feature of childlike innocence is childlike innocence. In the novel, we can find that children's thoughts and behaviors are based on sincerity. Their childish ideas when they were young were all due to their unreserved feelings, kindness and sympathy. Needless to say, even if it is a little mature after personnel, it is simple and easy to peek, without any intentional injury. For example, Xima in the novel, although he is the head of the family when deciding the major events in the family, puts on a smart posture when bargaining, showing the composure and patience that only adults have, but in the eyes of President Sancho and other people in Yau Ma Tei, his scheming is clear: in order to support this family that has suffered many changes and lost its backbone, his painstaking efforts are particularly sincere and lovely. The independent personality and excellent character tenaciously preserved under the harsh environment are more rare and precious than the natural childlike innocence. Through the description of many characters and stories, such as white-headed crane, paper moon, Du Xiaokang, good horse, white sparrow, Jiang Yilun and grandma Qin, the novel conveys the flawless innocence between boys and girls, the sadness and elegance of unfortunate teenagers when they fight against bad luck, the persistent insistence of disabled teenagers on dignity, the glorious personality of the elderly at the last moment, and the complex and poetic emotional entanglement between adults. I believe that today's children will be moved by this and get their first experience in life. They need such aesthetic guidance, and we children's literature writers have the responsibility to awaken their inner benign souls. Second, the expression of the theme of growth The topic of growth has always had a fresh and meaningful charm in human history. The expression of the connotation of human nature in the Grass House is carried out under the theme of juvenile growth. Taking the perspective of the protagonist Sang Sang as a narrative observation point, the author describes the six-year primary school life that Sang Sang spent in Yau Ma Tei and the personnel changes he witnessed in the thatched cottage and Yau Ma Tei during this period. From worrying about the gains and losses of secretly competing with Du Xiaokang, a peer with superior conditions, to helping out, selling his beloved pigeons and raising start-up funds for Du Xiaokang's stall; These changes strongly show that as an observer and participant, the surrounding events have made Sang Sang, an ignorant teenager, go through difficulties and even vicissitudes. When Sang Sang left the thatched cottage, he was no longer the naughty boy he used to be. He got spiritual enlightenment again and again in the life collision with his relatives, teachers and classmates. He gradually matured, gained a deeper understanding and experience of people and things around him, and at the same time gained self-transcendence in life. And the partners around Sang Sang, such as Tuhe, Du Xiaokang and Xima, have not experienced such a growth ceremony? Not only that, but even those adults who are close to their children have more or less experienced the second growth of human nature. Sang Sang and other children cried "Grandma-"affectionately, which awakened the hard and stubborn heart of grandma Qin and made her desperate to save the girl who fell into the water. In the respect and love of teachers and students in Yau Ma Tei Primary School, she consciously gave up the land dream in which she and her husband devoted all their youth and hard work and moved out of the thatched cottage. Before that, Grandma Qin couldn't lift it even if you put it on the door panel. In the process of fighting against his son's death, Sancho's personality improvement is also remarkable. He successfully solved the psychological depression of humble origin, gave up the excessive enthusiasm and pursuit of honor, and showed detachment and free and easy tolerance. With the development of this process, the independent and upright personality and the power of human beauty have been profoundly explained, and the novel has gained rich aesthetic connotation. 3. Pastoral Narration When it comes to thinking about life, dissecting human nature and growing up, I think nothing is more concise and accurate than philosophy. Literary and artistic works such as novels can only provide relatively vague feelings. However, the author expresses his feelings about life through creation and satisfies his desire to express individual existence. And let readers feel * * * in the process of reading, and get comfort in other people's stories, so as to get the motivation to move on on on the dangerous road of life. This is the unique function of the novel. Therefore, narration is particularly important as the reason for the existence of novels. In the 1960s, the embarrassing and peaceful life of rural families in northern Jiangsu Plain was as calm as a wide inland river. There are thatched golden thatched school buildings, which are warm in winter and cool in summer. People and animals are crowded in one room, monotonous and shabby. In the cold and wide autumn and winter night sky, children play monotonous and happy games, simple performances on the stage and laughter from the audience, ripples when farmers are driving ducks to swim on the river, panic when hunters are chasing in the Woods, rabbits and wheat ears that rush away are shining with golden light in the May sun ... Any utilitarian preaching will be ashamed in front of this narrative. Cao Wenxuan repeatedly emphasized in his works that he followed an eternity, a romantic pursuit of human nature and aesthetic promotion. Indeed, The Straw House shines with the aura of human beauty with "a kind of classical warmth" and "resolving all troubles and contradictions with the gentle light of life". At the same time, with a love, a sense of responsibility and a persistent attitude towards the beauty of human nature, Cao Wenxuan undoubtedly expanded the aesthetic territory of children's literature and enhanced its expressive force through his own creation. The story of The Straw House probably happened in the early 1960s, which can be said to be a period of vigorous political movement in China. However, The Straw House does not involve politics, and there is no plot related to political events in the film. It looks at the world through the eyes of a teenager, showing the simple customs of the 1960s, while revealing a touch of sadness. In a way, it's a bit like a sunny day. It's all childhood memories. The difference is that the protagonist in the hut is younger, and the world in his eyes is of course simpler and better-although all he sees is misfortune. In fact, the film only reflects a kind of "affection" unique to China people: the affection between father and son, friends, family, groups and teachers. There is also a love affair in the film, which ends in tragedy, but the reason why they broke up is not that the woman's father is too poor and loves the rich (just on the one hand), nor is it the hero's "misfortune" (just an accident). In the final analysis, there is no "fate", and all this is not because of political factors. The movie "The Grass House" is a rare exception. Although it is classified as "children's film", the common "children's film" is often the agent of preaching. From this perspective, The Grass House is very rare. There is hardly any moral preaching in its story. The concept of "time" in this film is stagnant, and what we see is a story that is a little romantic, a little sad and a little warm. The main style of the whole movie should be said to be more sad. Everyone has misfortune, but its performance process is very sad, just like the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River.