[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-279":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Literary Master of Tokyo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2355128,4607,"Chapter 279: The New Writer's Lecture","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-279",279,"\u003Cp>Hearing Shuichi Toyama’s words, Akiwara Yuto was puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the lecture just now, everyone had clearly appeared very attentive. And as for the theory, Shuichi Toyama had previously indicated there were no issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could be the problem with such a lecture?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuichi Toyama thought for a moment, then explained: \"Don't you think the students' attention was a bit too deliberate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued: \"Everyone was listening and applauding with focused intensity; it looked very earnest, but have you noticed that it seems no one was actually interested in the content of your speech?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the final Q&A session arrived, there were hardly any questions, and the ones asked weren't even particularly relevant to your topic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto hadn't expected this, so he stopped in his tracks and turned to deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he said in an uncertain tone: \"Could it be that the theoretical part was too difficult?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuichi Toyama nodded and said solemnly: \"Akiwara, I understand you want to prove yourself to those people at this lecture, but you must keep in mind that the fundamental purpose of a university lecture is still to be accessible to the vast majority of the audience!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Akiwara Yuto fell into hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered that he might indeed have been a bit too utilitarian!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to prove his own scholarship, he had deliberately brought up profound theories to try to convince others, yet he had forgotten that most people at the lecture were merely university students who were only just beginning to take an interest in literature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this approach really correct?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a multitude of emotions flooded his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, he sighed and bowed to Shuichi Toyama, \"Thank you for your guidance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he made up his mind to specifically revise his lecture manuscript after returning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his actions, Shuichi Toyama revealed a look of gratification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto declined Shuichi Toyama’s invitation to go drinking again and took the Shinkansen back to his home in Tokyo that very night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon returning home, he took out paper and pen once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeated deletions and revisions, he finally organized a manuscript he was satisfied with one day before the lecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On August 3rd, the day of the lecture, Akiwara Yuto arrived at the University of Tokyo as promised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After contacting Takuro Kanno, who was in charge, he was led to the university's main auditorium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the sea of heads below the stage, he was momentarily taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't there a bit too many people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the invitation he had originally received, it only said \"Literature Force lecture,\" so he had assumed it would be like the previous time at Kyoto University, arranged in a large classroom or auditorium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But looking at it now, there were at least several thousand people at the venue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Takuro Kanno said politely: \"Because the number of applicants was so high, it was arranged here. Besides students from the Literature Force, there are also students from other departments.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case, please do not hesitate to share your wisdom, Teacher Akiwara; you may delve into the content appropriately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn't care for Akiwara Yuto in his heart, the latter was, after all, someone his teacher valued, so he still had to go through the motions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he was still somewhat surprised by Akiwara Yuto’s influence, being able to expand a departmental lecture into a university-wide one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of a different kind of mentality, he still deliberately dug a pit, emphasizing the word \"delve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Akiwara Yuto did not notice this; he simply nodded in response and walked onto the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down and discovered that many figures from the traditional literary world were sitting in the first two rows, including Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Emiko Akiyama, and several other old writers he didn't recognize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by their age, they were likely three or four times his age on average, which made him feel a slight sense of pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello everyone,\" Akiwara Yuto took a deep breath, bowed to the audience, and then said: \"I am Akiwara Yuto, a high school graduate, and also a new writer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone here today has a higher level of education than I do, so please don't mind too much if I say anything wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Akiwara Yuto’s words, both the industry insiders in the first two rows and the dense crowd of students behind them were surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lectures in Japan have always valued seriousness and restraint; it is rare to use such a humorous way of speaking, and Akiwara Yuto had actually exposed his own shortcomings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, many people's attention was immediately captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon hearing the term \"new writer,\" many people sneered inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone with sales reaching millions of copies is still considered a new writer, then how are other writers supposed to survive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After simple pleasantries, Akiwara Yuto got to the point: \"As a new writer, I don't intend to talk about any profound literary theories this time; I hope students can learn those in class on their own. But I still hope everyone can understand some simple things, for example: what is the essence of literature?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up a thick black marker and wrote the five large characters for \"The Essence of Literature\" on a white lecture board that had been brought in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no help for it; there were no PPTs in this era, so he had to make do with writing it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn't know that when he said he didn't intend to talk about profound literary theories, certain people with ulterior motives showed expressions of annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many students, upon seeing what Akiwara Yuto had written, lifted their heads one after another, showing expressions of contemplation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them were students from the Literature Force, and others were from other departments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inevitably, their understanding of literature was limited to various works; they had rarely thought about what literature itself was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto continued: \"In many textbooks, it is believed that literature is an art created by writers, using language and characters as tools, to reflect objective reality and express the writer's inner world in a relatively vivid way, including genres such as poetry, prose, novels, scripts, fables, and fairy tales.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I have another question: is literature really something monopolized by writers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the people in the audience showed expressions of confusion; if what writers write isn't literature, then wouldn't anything anyone writes count as literature?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or let me put it another way: what should the definition of a writer be?\" Akiwara Yuto asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A portion of the audience showed expressions of deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto said again: \"In the eyes of many, a writer is a literary creator who makes cultural creation their profession and focuses on writing, but besides them, can the things others write not be called literature? For example, a reporter's news—does that not count?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This line of reasoning from Akiwara Yuto actually had some historical basis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, some had pointed out that the content of news reporters should also belong to literature, specifically non-fiction literature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this viewpoint has always been highly controversial in academia. Even until he transmigrated, many people were still arguing about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Akiwara Yuto believed that since literature is the art of language and can attract social attention, news reports based on reality can naturally be considered a type of literature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Akiwara Yuto throwing this point out today was not to show off his knowledge, but simply to increase everyone's interest in literature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scanned the crowd and raised another seemingly \"self-contradictory\" question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does literature come first, or does the writer come first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this question, both the old writers listening and the students felt a deep sense of confusion...\u003C\u002Fp>",1299,"2026-06-21T03:58:02.196Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f2f2ac429610e15e605c67a4382a12da15ed422c604031d5d4d5f8c996194eb9","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-280","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-278",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]