On the blending of "form" and "spirit" in prose with examples

On the blending of "form" and "spirit" in prose with examples

Li Zhenglang

"Scattering in form and gathering in spirit" is the main feature of prose. "Form and dispersion" mainly means that prose is widely used and free, and is not limited by time and space; The expression technique is eclectic: it can describe the development of events, describe characters, convey feelings with things and make comments. "Spiritual gathering" mainly means that the theme to be expressed in prose is often distinct and concentrated. No matter how extensive the content of prose is and how flexible the expression is, it will serve to better express the theme. Prose to achieve the "shape" of the free and easy and "god" of the wonderful, generally can be integrated in the following ways.

1. germinal association, the combination of reality and surplus

A comma-sized bug stopped on the yellow title page I closed with flowers. Life is so small and fragile, which makes people more joking when they are troubled. Overwhelmed by work, I fiddled with the pen tip with great interest, blocking the way it wanted to go again and again. It also changed direction with me, exhausted again and again, lost everything in the north and south, and stayed quietly in the book. In this way, I lost interest It is really worrying to give up your goal just because you are teased. Like an epiphany, yeah, isn't that what people do? The universe is big, and people are like worms, small and humble. In the face of fate's tricks and disasters, people are discouraged, sitting on their hands and feet. What's the difference between them and bugs? Isn't it more worrying to lose your ideals and direction again and again in the face of difficulties and get lost again and again?

—— Selected from 20 12 Jiangsu college entrance examination composition "Trouble and Love".

Analysis: Prose lies in association. Without association, the vision of prose is narrow, and it lacks poetry and charm. The beauty of the above paragraphs lies in their meticulous description, careful thinking and careful observation, which gives birth to endless feelings, including the "uniformity" of Taoism, the "compassion" of Buddhism and the light of "caring for love philosophy" from epiphany. Focusing on the "most metaphysical sky", therefore, the most humble creatures are also "concerned" and "caring", which has become the ultimate concern with the vast feelings of the universe. In this way, from a little bit to expand. Although the "shape" is small, the "God" has traveled the Wan Li Road for thousands of years.

2. Scattered outline, wonderful pen gives birth to flowers.

A wheat day when Longkou grabbed grain finally passed. When new wheat enters the store, the house is full of wheat fragrance, steamed bread fragrance and Guo Kui fragrance. A man who has been busy for a season, lying on a kang full of thorns, looked at the wheat mound and hummed A Qin's music. Think about what? I want nothing. After a busy year, it's time to rest physically and mentally. When I looked up, I saw the dark clouds outside the window, and the raindrops gradually fell, and my sleepiness was like water.

The children sat on the porch, watching the rain dripping from the eaves and singing, "I'm busy, it's raining, and cotton bumps have grown up." The wife will do some needlework on the kang and suddenly push her husband who is lying lazily: "Go, cut two pounds of meat, mom should come to chase the festival these two days."

-Excerpted from the essay "Wheat Field"

Analysis: Prose often does not pursue the integrity of the story, and the characterization of characters is often scattered. Mainly to grasp the distinctive life scenes and emotional life pictures, to describe and portray fragments, but simple strokes outline the spirit and charm of the characters. The man who has been busy for a season in the above clip will feel sleepy in the face of people's hoarding of new wheat and watching the falling rain. The word "man" describes men's laziness, ease and heavy happiness at this time. Then the article "Suddenly" vividly depicts the intimacy of the young couple and his wife's filial piety to his mother, and at the same time, a strong sense of folk songs is vividly on the paper.

3. Humanistic perspective, both form and spirit.

However, what touches my heart most is not these cultural elements that have long been known to people, but the black and white culture of this ancient city-a piece of residential houses with black tiles and white walls and signboards with white characters on a black background. When I traveled to and from several surrounding cities, I was surprised to find that once I left Suzhou, there would be no such black and white urban color. Obviously, "black and white" only belongs to Suzhou.

Black and white Suzhou! This is the true color of Suzhou that I feel when I walk. No matter how the years pass and the world changes, Suzhou has captured the essence of urban history and humanity. With the help of architecture and signboards, it has built a graceful image with "black and white" cultural creativity, making Suzhou's soul dance lightly in black and white time and space. Even after more than 2000 years of flowing water, this black and white urban color has not faded or deformed at all.

Analysis: The description of personnel scenery in prose is not mechanical photography, but humanistic observation and thinking from a certain humanistic perspective, thus making the image of prose more vivid and vivid, more vivid and profound in conception, and making it both rational and physical. The description of Suzhou in the above fragments is not only satisfied with the superficial description and description, but from the perspective of "black and white", we can see through the ancient charm of black and white and the urban character of combining rigidity with softness in Suzhou. In this way, Suzhou not only has the texture of black and white photos, but also conveys a distinctive urban culture.

4. Initiate an epiphany, break up and get together.

Frustration and failure inevitably revolve around the big tree of youth. Who never fell, who fell and got up with a smile. Every time I look up at the sky after being frustrated, I will ask countless times, "Why, why did you give me such a fate?" Complain tirelessly: "people are powerless in the face of fate." So, I sighed alone: "I am a child without tomorrow." But after crying, it breeds a kind of hope, expecting germination, branching and growing up. The face rising on the horizon declares that everything is only the starting point; When the light shines on the world, everything seems so powerless. Suddenly, I understand that youth is not a "lost" and "lost" time, but a lost moment.

-from the essay "Youth Flattery"

Analysis: Prose writing needs to be scattered, but it should also focus on collection. Writing can be emotional, but divergent thoughts will eventually precipitate. Such prose will have a three-dimensional sense and be more profound. The above fragments are bitter because of the setbacks of the past and the dim hope of the future, but when the sun rises from the horizon again, the author suddenly realizes that the key to life is now, every passing day. This kind of enlightenment makes the confused thoughts clear, and the intention of the article goes further, giving people a wake-up call and shock.

In short, the "form" of prose is rich and colorful, and the "spirit" should have unique charm. Good prose should have both form and spirit, and form and spirit blend naturally. As Su Shi said: "If a cloud moves, it is uncertain at first, but what should be done often ends in what cannot be stopped."