The barbaric growth of China's online literature and its overseas influence still need to expand its types

At present, the audience of China's online novels is still China, and China's online novels are far from forming the overseas influence of Japanese anime and American movies. Moreover, the main types of communication are fantasy and Xianxia, and the types of communication of online novels will be continuously expanded in the future.

Original title: Internet literature needs to be broadened when going global

. Recently, a man in the United States successfully quit drug addiction because he found something more addictive-China online novels. China's online literature, once regarded as a barbaric growth, has inadvertently become a phenomenon that cannot be ignored in the world's cultural landscape. Recently, the "Value Discovery of Internet Literature in the Perspective of World Culture-Seminar on 'Rewriting-Myth' of Internet Literature" jointly organized by Lu Xun College of Literature and the Internet Literature Committee of China Writers Association was held at Lu Xun College of Literature. Participants conducted a theoretical analysis and creative practice of online literature.

Data shows that among the more than 700 million netizens in China, online literature users have exceeded 300 million, accounting for almost half of the total number of netizens. According to Wang Xiang, a researcher at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature, the charm of online literature that makes readers irresistible stems from the fact that its work form is myth. "Classical myth is a certain god using his magical powers to create and influence the world. Online literature becomes a god through cultivation and battle, and then creates and transforms the world." He believes that the two are consistent in story form, just that online literature has one more prerequisite for cultivation and combat than classical mythology.

Creation based on myth is also the reason why China's online novels are easily accepted by overseas readers. Wang Xiang said that he once worked very hard to recommend the novel "White Deer Plain" to several overseas publishing houses, but no matter how he marketed it, people just refused to buy it."The other party feels that it is too difficult for their readers to accept it. There are historical and social difficulties, and there are also difficulties caused by reading works." Online novels born out of myth have no problem at all."Western readers reading China's online novels are like reading Tolkien's novels" The Lord of the Rings "and" The Hobbit."There are few obstacles to accepting them. Even teenagers can understand what the story is about at a glance."

He Ping, a professor at the School of Liberal Arts at Nanjing Normal University, agrees to approach the study of online literature from the perspective of mythological archetype criticism. In his view, in the current research of online literature, too much attention is paid to the peripheral issues of online literature, but too little attention is paid to the ontology issues. "All literary forms have some archetype, not to mention that a large number of writing types in online literature directly misappropriate the mythological world settings." He believes that the effectiveness of the mythological archetype criticism method has been proved, whether from the perspective of psychology or the practice of literary history.

How to get online literature to get rid of its early barbaric growth is a concern for Xia Lie, vice chairman of the Internet Writers Association of Zhejiang Province. "When you create a framework, you also have to create the environment inside, that is, bring the reader to the scene." He believes that this environment is not only about finding routines based on specific plots, but also about creating a unique environment."This process of creating an environment can absorb the nutrition of Western literature and contemporary literature." In his view, the key to the future development of online literature lies in whether writers or authors can have new skills.

It is undeniable that based on the cross-border advantages of the Internet, a large number of China online novels have gone abroad and are sought after by foreigners. Xiao Jinghong, a researcher at the Creative Research Department of China Writers Association, said that the overseas communication influence of China's online literature is constantly increasing."This is a major event for the export of China culture to the outside world. It has become inevitable for China's online literature to 'go global'." However, he also reminded his colleagues that the audience of China's online novels is still China, and China's online novels are far from forming the overseas influence of Japanese anime and American movies. Moreover, the main types of communication are fantasy and Xianxia, and the types of communication of online novels will be continuously expanded in the future.

Editor: Nancy