On "Sadism" Mode in Le Xiaomi's Youth Literature

Youth online novel is a very important part of online novel, which is sought after by students and young people with its unique youthful atmosphere. It tells the love of youth through a series of emotional, explicit or implicit words, and the style of writing is either sad or humorous, thus arousing certain resonance among readers. However, with the continuous warming of the youth network, "Sadism" has become a very special and representative narrative mode in its mode of telling love.

Le Xiaomi, a young novelist, who is known as "the spokesperson of cruel youth at the grassroots level" and "the queen of tears", is an important representative of the "sadomasochism" model. The work Xanthium tells a sad and unforgettable love story between Ruan Ruan, a girl trafficked by traffickers, and Meng Jincheng, Meng Gu and Zhuang Yi, the protagonists of this "sadomasochism". Le Xiaomi herself said that this was the worst love she had ever written, and it was too tragic to be sad or shed tears. And her other novel, Liangsheng, Can We Not Be Sad, is also a novel full of cruel youth. It revolves around the sad love stories of Jiang Sheng, Liang Sheng and Cheng Tianyou, and writes the sadness and sadness of the whole youth from childhood to adolescence, which spans a long time. Allure is a story about Gulang, Ai Tianya and Jiang Han. In fact, looking at the "sadomasochism" mode of love, we can easily find several elements.

Although the social status of women has undergone earth-shaking changes since the May 4th Movement, even in modern society, women have shown a stronger aura than men in many aspects. However, in these youth novels, the status of women has not produced an identity system that is suitable for the social times. Both Xu Wen in Xanthium, Jiang Sheng in Liangsheng and Ai Tianya in Qingcheng have experienced a series of cruelty and injuries. Xu Wen was trafficked by traffickers, got pregnant unexpectedly, was abandoned by Meng Gu and fled from Taohuazhai. He had to live in the city and even worked as a prostitute for one night. Jiang Sheng accidentally fell in love with his brother Liang Sheng, who was recognized by everyone although he was not related by blood, and went through all kinds of hardships to find Liang Sheng who suddenly left. Ai Tianya, whose figure is like a potato, secretly loves Gulang, only to find that he and his good friend Ling Ye like each other. However, Ling Ye finally committed suicide unexpectedly, Gulang disappeared ... Women are obviously in trouble in the novel. This kind of narrative makes the hostess bring a tragic color before she really enters the "sadomasochism" mode, which has a painful and realistic effect. This is very easy to pull the reader's nerves. We know that readers of youth online novels are originally young. Most of them are adolescent boys and girls without much experience. They can find the experience of supplementing their youth in the protagonist of similar age in the novel. However, a relatively small number of readers can arouse their youth in these protagonists. As far as the female host's own experience and the rich or rich male host are concerned, they all show certain weak elements. This is also the reason why the male host has always been domineering towards the female host in the early stage of novel development. For example, Zhuang Yi's "insults" and verbal insults to Xu Wen; This, to some extent, increases the "abuse" of the whole novel. The worse the woman is, the more the man loves, the deeper he loves, but there is no result.

Triangle relationship is probably an essential structural feature of all romance novels, and it is also the most normal love mode. But in Le Xiaomi's youth novels, although this model is also used, it seems to be different from the previous ones. Anyone who has read Le Xiaomi's novels will know that in Le Xiaomi's novels, the timeline is relatively long. From childhood to adulthood, this is the most important and profound stage in life's emotional experience, and Le Xiaomi's love is often told from the protagonist's childhood, often centered on the hostess. At this stage, the male host often appears in front of readers with a fresh, sunny and clean attitude, or has a similar experience with the female host and participates in the growth of the female host. For example, in Liang Sheng, can we not be sad? Jiang Sheng and Liang Sheng are unrelated brothers and sisters who grew up together. Xu Wen, Meng Gu and Meng Jincheng in Xanthium also lived together since childhood and had sentimental feelings. Ai Tianya of Qingcheng has had a crush on Gulang since primary school. We can see that the emotion in this period almost ran through the life of the hostess, and its importance can be imagined. The story is often based on the sudden disappearance of the first man to continue to make the story happen. Meng Gu, Gulang and Liang Sheng remain the same. The second hero the woman meets is often when she has a mature psychological foundation. At this time, the image of the second man is different from the sunshine, warmth and cleanliness of the first man. They are often mysterious, dark and overbearing, but they love women's hearts. Zhuang Yi is, Cheng Tianyou is, and Jiang Han is. Often, when readers have begun to forget the past and expect the first man and the second man to start a beautiful relationship, the first man will always appear in a completely different image. And this image can often compete with the image of the second person now. During their disappearance, they may also become rich and mysterious through various opportunities. The key is that they are still deeply attached to their mistress. Meng Jincheng, Gulang and Liang Sheng are the same. So the story developed here, and the love between the second man and woman began to be challenged, which is also a point of Le Xiaomi's "sadomasochism" model. The woman had a sadistic relationship with the first man before, and now she has a sadistic relationship with those two men. I said that there are two heroes in Le Xiaomi's novels because in Le Xiaomi's novels, the heroine often can't tell her true feelings. The first man often gives them the most unforgettable emotional experience, while the second man protects or continues to abuse them at their most vulnerable moment. For them, the woman is often more inclined to be with the second man, but the past emotions remind them of the feelings that have been buried in their hearts. Therefore, when these two feelings gush out, the first man, the second man and the third woman are bound to get hurt. However, we find that Le Xiaomi still enjoys using this mode in his novels, which we can call "painful and happy". Both the protagonist and the reader get pain and happiness in this mode. "Pain and happiness" is perhaps the most appropriate description of Le Xiaomi's painful youth literature, and it is also the place that makes readers feel the deepest, because it is a feeling of life and a state of life.

What is the "three-abuse model"? That is, love abuse, friendship abuse and family abuse. The usual sadomasochism novels are often confined to love, while Le Xiaomi's youth novels seem to stimulate the audience in all directions. In Qingcheng, the friendship between Hu Ba and Hainan Island, the friendship between AiyTianya and Ling Ye, and the friendship between AiyTianya and Hu Ba and Hainan Island are all changing in the process of growth. They are all like the same life, parallel lines that can never cross. As "Qingcheng Mountain" said at the beginning: "There is such a city where there is the most loyal friendship and the most bone-eroding betrayal; There is such a city where there is the most legendary love and the most cruel parting. " When friendship, affection and love are intertwined in turn, it often gives people a feeling of youth pain, and even a feeling of paying homage to youth. And the ending of this novel, which shows that youth is torn and grown up, often ends without a clear result. In fact, it seems reasonable to end this way. Youth is not a fairy tale, nor is growth a fairy tale. Everyone should try their best to grow and move forward, and the love and friendship we met during this period of youth will be regarded as the best memories and accompany us silently on the road of growth. Of course, we know that youth is not all pain, so Le Xiaomi's novels also have their own relaxed and humorous side. For example, there are many language expressions close to the times in the novel, which makes the novel laugh when it hurts, and it hurts when it laughs. Of course, this kind of novels that express the pain of youth tend to be emotional and sad in language use. Although it will be a little melodramatic, it also shows to some extent that the criticism of online novels in modern society is inevitable, which is closely related to people's current lifestyle and cultural cognition.