Love does not exist in looking at each other, but in looking in the same direction together. - Saint-Exupéry
Meizi, Xiaoyan, and Wenjin have all returned to school, so on the first night back in the dormitory, the sisters chatted non-stop and couldn't calm down even after turning off the lights for a long time. Everyone talked about what they had experienced during the holiday.
After all, the sisters, who have been together day and night for 3 years, have not seen each other for more than a month. Even if there is a small distance between them, they are very affectionate at this time.
A dormitory of four people can easily be divided into two opposing factions, but as long as there is one person who is unwilling to stand on any side, it is still easy for the dormitory to unite, because it is basically impossible to divide into factions. Qin Nan is the one who is unwilling to stand on any side.
He has an easy-going personality, so despite the friction from time to time, the dormitory where Qin Nan is located is recognized as the most united and harmonious dormitory.
As usual, Qin Nan rarely spoke during the chat, and she would only answer questions when others called on her name. However, she was listening, and hearing the voices of the other people made her feel warm and relaxed.
"Yanzi, didn't you say you were going on a blind date? How about it? Let's talk quickly." Meizi was the talkative one in the dormitory.
"Oh, don't mention it, you're just a master." Xiaoyan sighed exaggeratedly. The other two people immediately giggled. Because it was night, the laughter was still suppressed by the sisters as much as they could.
Qin Nan closed his eyes and grinned.
"Your mother is serious. It's not like she can't get married, so why would she start this matter for you as soon as she gets home?" Wen Jin is the only person in the dormitory who has a boyfriend and is the monitor of their class.
"Didn't you say that person has a house and a car? My mother wants me to give birth to her grandson at home after graduation." Xiaoyan is also a carefree person, and Qin Nan would never be able to say this to Qin Nan.
"Nan Nan, didn't you say you wouldn't go home for the holidays? Why did you come back just like us?" Mei Zi suddenly remembered something and asked Qin Nan.
"Isn't Nannan asleep?" Xiaoyan lowered her voice because she found that she hadn't heard her voice for a long time.
"Wake up, wake up, how can you fall asleep privately during the first group talk session this school year?" Wen Jin said, pretending to be angry.
"Haha, I really can't stand you guys anymore." Qin Nan opened his mouth to speak.
"Yeah, you're still awake and pretending to be dead." Xiaoyan scolded her affectionately.
"My brother is back, so I stayed home for a few days." Qin Nan said softly.
"Your brother?" The three people said in unison, then realized that the volume was too loud and unconsciously fell silent at the same time.
"How come you never said you had a brother?" "Why did he suddenly fall from the sky?" "Hurry up and explain, how old is your brother? Is he single?" After a moment of silence, there was another chatter.
Qin Nan sighed secretly. It is said that a woman can carry five hundred ducks. How come there are so many more than fifteen hundred ducks in the dormitory? It seems that the estimator was too conservative. "I came back after eight years abroad.
I almost don’t know him anymore, not just you.” Chatting with people about Qin Bei, Qin Nan found that he started to miss him a little. At this time, he didn’t know whether he was writing papers, preparing lesson plans, reading company documents, or... talking to Xiao
Qing date?
"Wow, are you still a returnee from overseas?" "Let us meet you when you have time!" "Are you handsome? What do you do?" There was another discussion.
"The flag will be raised tomorrow, don't you want to oversleep? Really, you have come all the way back, and you can still stay up late." Qin Nan didn't want to continue this topic, and the dormitory slowly became quiet. The night was getting deeper, and autumn was coming.
The cicadas had long ceased to chirp in the night. Thinking of the night when Qin Bei had just come back and suffered from insomnia, Qin Nan forcefully drove him out of his mind.
Two months before the semester started, there was a graduation internship. There were no courses arranged by the department. Meizi and Xiaoyan contacted the internship unit. They put on professional clothes and went out every day. They came back at night to listen to music and surf the Internet, waiting for graduation. Wenjin decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination before dawn.
He ran to the library to get a seat and was the last one to go back to the dormitory in the evening. Qin Nan also had his own arrangements.
In the second big class on Friday morning, Qin Nan came to a classroom according to the schedule. Because he came earlier, there were not many people in the classroom, so he chose the window seat in the last row and sat down.
It was a perfect corner. Since I was here to attend class, it was better not to attract attention. I took out a literary theory book borrowed from the library and buried my head in it.
There were more and more people in the classroom, and it became more and more noisy. Qin Nan didn't even raise his head, until suddenly the noise in the classroom turned into uniform low-pitched exclamations. Qin Nan unconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction of the podium.
He quickly lowered his head and his heart couldn't help but beat.
Immediately, there was a lot of discussion in the classroom. "Is this the new Professor Turtle? He is so young." "Yes, he is so handsome. I didn't expect him to be so handsome. Thank you for not skipping class." The two girls in the seats next to them talked clearly.
The words reached Qin Nan's ears, and Qin Nan felt guilty and did not dare to look sideways, fearing that others would know that she came to class just for him.
On the podium, Qin Bei was connecting the computer he had brought to the projector. He wore a light blue striped shirt and a milky white cashmere vest. He was dressed in an academic style. His tall and straight figure offset the creaminess that this kind of dress can easily bring.
, and the side face he presented to the students below was like an ancient Greek statue. After this class, the news that a super handsome professor came to the Chinese Department spread like wildfire, causing Qin Nan to have to go to class earlier in the future.
Come and occupy a seat.
The class bell rang, and the classroom immediately became quiet.
"Hello everyone, my name is Qin Bei. This semester's "History of European Literature" will be studied and discussed by me and everyone together." Qin Bei said as he turned around and wrote his name on the blackboard, with another picture below.
There were many comments about "How can the voice be so nice?" "Yes, like an announcer." Qin Nan heard the comments from the girls next to him again.
Qin Bei turned around and the classroom became quiet. Qin Bei glanced around. It was a ladder classroom that could accommodate nearly a hundred people. Everyone below looked at him with wide eyes. Only one person in the corner lowered his head.
Qin Bei felt very curious about the head. He looked carefully and saw a smile flickering in the corners of his eyes and brows.
Even though she lowered her head, Qin Bei could recognize her. They hadn't seen each other for a few days, but they didn't expect to meet here. Qin Bei looked at her again, withdrew his gaze, and said to everyone: "Let's go back to study and the minister will submit a list to
"I, you can go back and read the textbooks yourself. Students who need my handouts can send me an email to request them. If you have any questions, you can discuss them with me via email. If you have any questions during class, you can always raise your hand to let me know. You don't have to stand up to speak." Qin Bei said.
After hearing his request for students, there was a lot of discussion again.
"Okay, if there are no questions, let's get down to the topic." As soon as this sentence came out, the class became quiet again.
"Literary history, as the name suggests, is the process of literature. It is inseparable from social, cultural and even economic development, but this is not the focus of our discussion. What our course is going to return to is literature itself. Of course, this does not mean that we should stand on the form.
Look at the problem from the perspective of doctrine.”
"The so-called literature itself, in my opinion, is the kind of eternal thing that can move our hearts across time and national boundaries. It will not fade with the passage of time, nor will it be separated by language differences. It can be said that a
The history of literature is a history of the development of the human soul."
"From the simple worship and admiration of heroes in early human childhood shown in "Homer's Epic", to the wandering and searching of human beings in the darkness of ignorance in the medieval "Divine Comedy", from the Renaissance people we see in Shakespeare's plays
From the fear and fear when the soul is liberated, to the contradiction and hesitation when man and the devil coexist in "Faust" in the Age of Enlightenment, it can be said that every node contains our common human spirit and character."
"So when we study literary history, we do not mean to copy the footsteps of our predecessors step by step, but to find the eternal things that can touch our souls and feel the heartbeat and entanglement experienced by our predecessors. I hope you will not be limited to
In the textbook on your desk in front of you, while studying the history of European literature, we will compare it with the literature of other countries at the same time. Of course, there is no distinction between superior and inferior literature. Through comparison, we want to find something of the same quality. This is also
A way for us to understand literature and thereby understand ourselves.”
"Today we start with Greek mythology, one of the two breasts that nourished European literature. What is the other breast?" Qin Bei glanced around and saw that Qin Nan was still lowering his head.
"It's the Bible. We will talk about it specifically in the following courses." Qin Bei continued.
"What is the name of the European continent? Everyone knows that Europa is one of Zeus's mistresses. Zeus deceived her from Asia to the European continent. This shows that the birth of European culture is related to the culture of Asia.
We might as well compare Greek myths with Chinese myths. If myths arise from human childhood and each nation has a different childhood, we might as well learn from Marx's metaphor: "There are rude children and there are precocious children."
, and the Greeks are normal children', because Greek mythology reflects the innocence of human childhood, and its magnificence and magnificence still exudes a charming halo and is fascinating..."
Qin Bei leaned against the edge of the desk, with his hands in his pockets. He did not use the prepared microphone, but his voice was so loud that even Qin Nan in the last row could hear it clearly.
He hadn't read the lecture notes, and the slide was a frozen picture of the ancient Greek sculpture Laocoön.
He started from Europa, told about the jealousy of Hera, the wife of Zeus, the indulgence of Aphrodite and the madness of Dionysus, from gods to demigod heroes, from the golden apple to
Pandora, from Achilles to Jason, he talks about the pursuits and beliefs, contradictions and entanglements of the Greeks. He allows his audience to enter that era full of reverie with him, and he successfully brings his audience to
The focus on his appearance shifted to what he was saying.
Qin Nan raised his head at some point and listened quietly with one hand on his chin. Qin Bei cast his gaze at her from time to time, and she forgot to avoid it.
The autumn sunshine shone in gently and fell on Qin Bei's body. He just bathed in the sunshine without knowing it, with a face of confidence that was brighter than the sun.
In Qin Nan's eyes, this image gradually overlapped with the one eight years ago. She pestered him to tell stories, so he told her about the Trojan Horse, Athena, and Poseidon. That was the first time she heard it from him.
With these strange names, she immediately fell in love with the people in the story. Today, when these people's names appeared again, it was on such an occasion that Qin Nan felt like he was in another world.
"Okay, free time for discussion later." Qin Bei finished the lecture and walked between the desks and chairs. "Students, who will summarize today's content." Qin Nan didn't notice that he raised a question and was still stuck in his own thoughts.
She couldn't extricate herself from her reverie. "Qin Nan." Someone called his name out of the blue. Qin Nan instinctively agreed with a "hmm". After saying that, he found that the eyes of the entire classroom were focused on her, and then
I heard the whispers of the two girls next to me.
"How about you summarize today's content?" Qin Bei looked straight at her, with a smile in his eyes. Qin Nan had no choice but to stand up. "Or do you have any questions?" Qin Bei decided to change.
A way of questioning, because he found that this little girl was really distracted.
Qin Nan shook his head and nodded immediately. Qin Bei frowned: "If you have any questions, you can talk about it." Qin Nan looked at the students in the Chinese Department around him. She had always been so envious of them. She didn't know how to express herself.
The opinions would make these professionals laugh, but she still mustered up the courage to timidly say: "I want to ask if the history of literature is unfair." There was a burst of ridicule, and Qin Nan's face began to heat up.
Qin Bei was startled: "What do you think?" "What I want to say is, for thousands of years, when men have dominated the discourse and women's voices are missing, how can we ensure that the history of literature does not become one-sided by a small number of people?
Obscene?" Qin Nan finished speaking and was ready for the second round of ridicule, but this time there seemed to be no sound. Qin Bei had to re-examine Qin Nan, and she also looked at him, as if to say, "I love my teacher, but
I love the truth more.”
"Female voices are not completely missing, for example..."
"For example, Japanese literature." Qin Nan followed Qin Bei and Qin Bei nodded.
"So what can we do?" Qin Nan's voice was low but aggressive. The people below started whispering again, but Qin Bei's face was expressionless.
"What if there is Murasaki Shikibu? Can it shake the male voice? I mean, since the starting point or premise of our research, that is, the history of literature is biased and unfair, then all the conclusions we draw
What's the point?" Qin Nan finished speaking in one breath, and there was silence all around.
Qin Bei looked at him with meaningful eyes.
After a moment, he waved her to sit down and said to everyone: "She deconstructed my class with only one principle, but she also said what I wanted to express in this class, that is, since the history of literature is not
Trustworthy, so we have to return to literature itself and the human soul. This is why I ask you not to limit yourself to a literary history. Read the works and discover the truth there. Okay, that’s it for this class.
By the way, the person who answered the question is my sister." Qin Bei said this with a hint of pride hidden in his tone, followed by another exclamation.