Essays Volume 3

Author: Qian Liqun
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: In today's world, there are countless types of reading materials and dazzling media. When it comes to reading and accepting, there must be comparison and selection. Comparison requires insight, and selection requires wisdom. The "Peer Birds" series we introduce is a structure of comparison and a product of choice. The "Peer Birds" series directs its comparative gaze across China and the world. On one hand, we select works loved by middle school students in foreign and Hong Kong/Taiwan regions; on the other hand, we choose renowned literary works from China and abroad. The former is about introduction, and the latter is about original creation. Introduction combined with original creation, the world combined with China—this is our pursuit. We set our "Peer Birds" free, letting them spread their wings and soar into the vast world of middle school students. Literature is diverse. Just as mathematics has multiple solutions to a single problem, literature also has multiple interpretations of a single work, and multiple ways of reading it. The charm of literature lies in creative reading. The "Peer Birds" series aims to cultivate a fresh and ever-renewing interest in reading. The language of literature is magical. The form of literature is also a kind of "language." The "Peer Birds" series strives to create a new form of linguistic expression. The series combines the wisdom of authors, scholars, editors, and readers to form a brand-new guide, commentary, and self-evaluation book. This is a dialogue of the "four" and an interaction of their wisdom. It is a new attempt in textual studies and an expansion in aesthetics.