Hearing Voices with Lu Xun
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 2017-12-13

We think of ourselves as reading Lu Xun rather than hearing the words he wrote as a form of inner speech. Our focus on what the text means prevents us from hearing its aural effects: on how the words sound in our heads as we read. Yet, Lu Xun is a writer who has consistently drawn attention to the importance of voice in writing.