前不久,“中国——澳大利亚文学论坛”在京举行,中国作家铁凝、莫言、刘震云、叶辛等与澳大利亚作家J·M·库切、布莱恩·卡斯特罗、伊沃·印迪克等,共展开了5场文学对话。其中,他们谈论当下读者与文学、文学阅读的内容,给笔者留下了深刻的印象。很多作家说到自己的创作时,都说是“只为了自己的内心而创作,不会去管读者喜欢什么”。这固然反映了文学创作的个性化、私人化和独特化这样的规律,但是,作家与读者的关系、文学与读者的关系,却不容忽视。作家的书一旦写了出来,印了出来,也应该看一看读者的脸色,因为作家也要吃饭,即便没有生计困扰,大多数作家还是会在意自己的作品究竟能产生多 Not long ago, the “China-Australia Literary Forum” was held in Beijing. Chinese writers Tie Ning, Mo Yan, Liu Zhenyun, Ye Xin, etc., met with Australian writers JM Coetzee, Brian Castro, Dick and so on, launched a total of five literary dialogue. Among them, they talked about the current readers and literary, literary reading content, left a deep impression on the author. When many writers talk about their own creations, they all say that they are “only created for their own hearts and will not care what the readers like.” While this reflects the law of individuality, privatization and uniqueness of literary creation, the relationship between writers and readers and the relationship between literature and readers can not be ignored. Once written, the author’s book is printed out and should look at the reader’s face because the writer also wants to eat, and most writers still care about how much their own work can produce, even without livelihood problems