诗学的实践(英文)

The Practice of Poetics

诗学是一种关于诗人表现其美学观点的独特样式。它不同于文学理论强调连贯性和辩论性,诗学却常常表现出随意性和片面性,而诗学的优势恰恰在于即兴性、偶然性和对文本的依赖性。诗学传达的是一种伦理的(和对话体的)哲学而不是道德的(和独白体的)哲学,同样,诗学也为诗歌教学和文学研究提供了一种有用的模式。本文中部分内容在20世纪美国诗歌国际学术研讨会(武汉,2007年7月)上宣读。

Poetics is a distinct genre that involves poets articulating their aesthetic perspective. While literary theory emphasizes consistency and expository argument, poetics is often unruly and partial. But the virtue of poetics is just that it is provisional, contingent, and context depended. Poetics suggests an ethical （ and dialogic ） rather than moral （ and monologic ） philosophy. As such poetics provides a useful model both for teaching poetry and for literary scholarship. Excerpts from this essay were presented at the International Conference on the 20th Century American Poet- ry （Wuhan, China） in July 2007.