Half-hour Reflection on Comic World History (1): Interesting World History
Half-hour Comic World History is a book published by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House in April 2065438+2008. The writer is Chen Lei. Chen Lei (pen name: Erhunzi), born in 1980s, was originally a designer under SAIC, a cutting-edge Amazon writer in 20 17 and a beloved annual reading ambassador. His hilarious and creative hand-painted images and historical jokes are deeply loved by young people such as post-90 s and post-00 s, and he is a historical author who has created another way of writing history. China's Half-hour Comic History is a light and humorous popular historical reading, but beneath its smiling surface, it is a rigorous and profound core.
Half-hour Reflection on World History of Comics (II): A Good Introduction to World History
Thanks to the statistical function of the current electronic reading software, it took me 35 minutes from opening the book to reading it, which is quite consistent with the title of the book "Half-hour Comic World History", and the content of the book is just like this name. The author tells the world history from ancient Greece in the form of relaxed and funny cartoons. Of course, it is impossible to talk about world history in such a short space, and it is impossible to talk about a complete historical process. Therefore, this book is as simple as possible, only telling the most important historical events and people in world history, and then passing by in the form of cartoons. However, it cannot be said that the author is irresponsible. Obviously, the author made a lot of efforts in the process of drawing these cartoons. Many historical figures are very distinctive, and the selected historical timestamps are carefully selected. Obviously, the readers of this book are people who want to have the most basic understanding of world history. With the increasing pace of contemporary life, many people have no experience or interest in reading particularly long works on world history, let alone imperial masterpieces such as the huge Roman history. Therefore, this kind of book suitable for fast fragmented reading may also be a development trend. At least this book can give readers a quick understanding of the most important historical events that have happened in the world. But as the saying goes, "it is beneficial to open books", although the philosopher Hegel once said modestly, "The only lesson we have learned from history is that we have never learned from it." However, in the process of reading, we must think back. Since we have thoughts, as another philosopher Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am", this at least proves our existence, which is also good, isn't it?
Reflection on the Half-hour Comic World History (3): Open a window first.
I bought it with my wife, buy buy. I saw this new book which came out in April in the bookstore. Very interesting. Bought a cup of coffee and sat down to read it. Suddenly, my mood is the same as that of the Women's Federation III I watched two nights ago-of course, I know that this is basically two different things, and there is no comparability, but I have the same feeling in my heart-the art form has come to this day, and it will eventually show its due possibility with the help of the torrent of the times.
How is history passed down? As a post-90s junior high school student, the first thing that comes to mind is a picture: I got on a speedboat with many of my peers, flying in the fast-flowing river, and my eyes were dazzled-Yuan Tengfei's Talk about Learning from Time, Mingyue's humor, popular interpretation of hundreds of lectures by Yu Dan and Yi Zhongtian, different scenery inside and outside the wall in the Internet age ... Until today, we often see the most enjoyable one on various social platforms. Maybe it's just to cheat the click rate, and even make you feel happy to be born on the same day as a celebrity.
Many serious people feel that all kinds of information accumulated only with the help of the rise of the internet age is actually useless for real historical popularization. Indeed, at present, most people do not have a complete historical framework in their minds, whether it is domestic or international. Even if we walk out of the ivory tower of nine-year compulsory education, history always exists as a discipline. For most people who are favored, it is the same fate as mathematics and physics: yesterday's study is today's forgetting. Unless, of course, you are engaged in related industries in the future. Especially when I see my friends around me talking about how people are social, I always feel a little sad.
Although it is partial, it is precisely because of this social background that I think another way is more suitable for cutting into people's hearts. When I was a teenager in grade two, I watched Eagle Warrior in primary school and Gospel Warrior in middle school. At that time, I knew that after the explosion was introduced by China, I wandered around various forums. I was really a little keyboard man. Looking back on this incident now, I am full of good feelings, which is nothing more than stunning my motherland. If it had been broadcast without cutting a knife, the voice of public opinion would have caused an uproar.
In the same situation, there is a stand-alone game "The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man" that I was keen on when I was a child. When I knew I was going to shoot a live-action version, I was scolded for bumping into a deer, and after watching several episodes on TV, I immediately felt that I had ruined the original work, and I was angry with my classmates who didn't know why. However, as a popular output form, there is nothing wrong with it. Moreover, most of the old players are grateful for the broadcast of TV series, which makes the mosaic characters born in the 1990 s still make people blush. With the interpretation of the screen characters, this classic will last forever.
What matters is not the result, but doing it first. Wandering in front of a house, looking around, I can't see anything. You might as well be skeptical and open the window first.
On the other hand, many historical sites and tourist attractions have developed and implemented four-dimensional or even five-dimensional tourist experiences: burning cities, arrows tearing the sky, battlefields in Ma Benteng, invincible heroes ... Apart from their commercial nature, they not only make tourists' adrenaline soar, but also help to convey history. Their presence is also necessary.
Let's go back to the Half-hour Comic World History itself, with pictures and texts, supplemented by film elements. At least it's appetizing, interesting and beautiful.
Half an hour's reflection on the world history of comics (4): the concise world history that children like.
Has been rated as a star of incompetence. I still remember that the first book, A Half-hour Comic History of China, was written to children in bold orange, which was turned over by children countless times at home, turning a new book into an old book with faded edges and fluff, but the book was for reading, so it was very gratifying for the mother to have such a history book to make the children like this.
In this context, as a reader, "This history book is really beautiful", "Half-hour Comic World History" has also been included. Speaking of an episode here, two couriers called twice to pick up books at noon today. The child ran for the first time, opened it and found a book that he was not interested in. He lacks interest and does his homework listlessly. The second call came, and I asked the child to run errands again. This time, the children who came home slowly handed me a book. When I opened the parcel and saw the bright yellow book "Half-hour Comic World History", I said to my child, "You have been thinking about reading the comic history for half an hour. Now, why aren't you interested? " The child handed the book and sat back at the desk to do his homework. As soon as he heard this, he jumped up from his chair and jumped directly in front of me, saying, "Is there any new book?" While quickly grabbed the new book from my hand. It was really robbed. As soon as I took it out of my bag, the child caught it. He can't believe he remembers the words two slackers! Because this time, the cover of this book is not like the name "Second Married Son" written in The Last History of China, but the author's real name: Chen Lei. So before turning over the book, the child confirmed to me: "Mom, is this Chen Lei the second-rate son who once wrote the history of China?" When I first heard this, I was still shocked. When I compared the two books, I found that the children were really careful. This also shows the children's understanding of China's first history. The name of the second married son is deeply imprinted on the children's hearts.
Based on this, the moment I got the book, I didn't even see the cover clearly, so I was taken away by the children and even forgot my homework. I completely ignored it, went straight into the bedroom and turned over in bed. Half an hour's reading time is definitely not enough for a book with more than 240 pages. From about eleven o'clock to noon, the children have been lying in bed, reading books, mumbling, not knowing what they are chanting, and sometimes giving out barbell-like laughter. I am blind. ...
It was not until the child could not put it down and read the book quickly that he was expected to sit at the table and eat honestly. And if I eat well early, I can successfully take over the book and see what is attractive.
Well, in fact, as the cover of this book says, it is actually a rigorous minimalist world history. As can be seen from the eleven chapters of the catalogue, it includes the history of Europe, Persia, America and Japan. It seems an impossible task to explain the history of these countries and regions in just 200 pages! Therefore, Chen Lei, the author, adopted an extremely concise table of contents comic form, giving you a brief overview of the general development of world history. This method is simple and clear, and it is very helpful for people who are confused and directly ignorant of world history.
Of course, for me, because of the influence of a post on Tianya Forum, "Fake Egyptian civilization, revealing the history of ancient Greece, Roman Empire and Byzantium forged by the West", I actually just regarded the so-called European history before the European Renaissance as a fairy tale. I can't bear to learn these historical knowledge in middle school, and I have to take an exam later. For the exam, I also let my children know about the so-called European history before the Renaissance.
Basically, the comic world history drawn by Erhunzi is based on some contents of existing history textbooks, and it is worthy of the name to call it "rigorous" on this basis. Then, in the way of comics, some humorous language combinations that children like to see and hear greatly increase their reading interest. The advantage of this is that it is convenient for children to have a comprehensive and general understanding of world history and a clear understanding of world history in chronological order. This will also help children broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge.
Compared with the Chronological History of China in the Half-hour Comic History of China, The Half-hour Comic History of the World shows an extremely simplified version of the History of World Countries with clear time context. It's still pretty good. The most important thing is that children like it.
This time, I only asked my child one question: What do you think of this book compared with the last cartoon "History of China"? The child also answered me simply: this is more funny. Think of the barbell-like laughter of children when they are lying in bed reading this book. Enough! At this point, the child ran over and asked me for this book. The fate of this book seems to be similar to that of its brother, A Half-hour Comic History of China. Let's change from a new book to an old book in six months. Three minutes' silence for this book. ...