On Chengzhai Poetic Style and Shu Culture

Yang Wanli,a renowned poet of the Southern Song Dynasty(1127-1279 AD),has left an indelible mark on the history of Chinese literature with his unique artistic style.He pioneered the Chengzhai Poetic Style,a unique approach characterized by simplicity,naturalness,freshness,and liveliness in poetic creation.This style marked a turning point in the development of Song poetry and exerted a profound influence on the subsequent trends of Song poetry.As such,he was hailed as a“Leader in Poetry”by his contemporaries.The Chengzhai Poetic Style was gradually formed during Yang’s creation course,under the influence of several important factors,including the Bashu culture and its aesthetic taste represented by Zhang Jun and Zhang Shi,the Zen philosophy that emphasizes liveliness prevailing in the Shu area,and the view that the“Chinese Yi-ology has its roots in the Shu area.”Meanwhile,in the Collected Works of Chengzhai(Chengzhai Ji),there are many poems and essays about the Bashu area,which have provided valuable feedback to the Bashu literature and enriched its content.

Registers Study and Poetic Language

Poetic language is distinguished from other roles of language by its creativity in linguistic uses,among which register deviation and register mixing are the most conspicuous.A register study of poetic works is therefore beneficial to our understanding of the works in case.The present thesis adopts a Hallidayian Functional approach to analyze two short poems,illustrating this feature of poetic language and demonstrating a register study in a poetic context.

Noun-Inspiring Theme in Poetic Translation—On Noun Translation Governed by Theme of Classical Chinese Poetry

The presence of poetic noun is very common in classical Chinese poetry. And the absence of preposition and conjunction leading to noun juxtaposition is one of the poetic aesthetic features. At present, most researches of poetic translatio on n base individual impression and perception, fail to comprehend the nouns of source text in categorization, and critical analysis on the translated nouns is not interpretable and verifiable. This paper, taking a perspective of poetic theme relevance, categorizes the poetic noun from the indicative, descriptive and symbolic dimensions, proposes a poetic translation strategy called"aesthetic reproduction of poetic theme", and proves its necessity and rationality.

An Eternal Quest for Poetic Dwelling: A Comparative Study of the Eco-Ethic Thoughts in Silent Spring and Wolf Totem

This thesis is aimed at conducting a comparative study of the ecoethic thoughts in Silent Spring and Wolf Totem. It points out that Carson and Jiang's eco-ethics are relatively complete, ideal and objective. Moreover, the most shining features are that they not only unfold the grim fact of ecological crisis before the public, but also instil confidence and hope in each and every reader.

A Comparison of Pound's Poetic Ideas and Some Chinese Poetic Principles-Using the Translation of "The Jewel Stairs' Grievance" as a Case in Point

The prominent features of Li Bai's "The Jewel Stairs'Grievance" are precise diction;implicit meaning;an absent narrator;and a seamless unity of images and feelings.Pound's translation of it in Cathay reveals some kind of connections between some Chinese poetic principals and Pound's individual poetics.

Figurative Language and Poetic Devices in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Written by J.K.Rowling,Harry Potterdepicts the protagonist,Harry Potter’s seven years’adventures during his life and studies at Hogwarts School.In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,Harry’s second year at Hogwarts School is described.By analyzing the figurative language and poetic devices in the book,this paper argues that similes,alliteration,rhyme and the symbolism are well used to make contribution to emphasize the theme of courage.Faced up with difficulties and hardships,Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger have shown their great courage and finally figured out the clues.It illuminates that the properly used figurative language and poetic devices are essential to the emphasis of the theme.Key words:figurative language;poetic devices;

Interpreting the Merits In Aristotle's Poetics

Aristotle's Poetics represents the first major work of literature criticism. In this masterpiece,Aristotle expresses his literary and aesthetical theories. By introducing the merits in Aristotle's Poetics,this thesis tends to reveal Aristotle's large and enduring influence on modern literary criticism.

The Inspiration of Poetic and Picturesque Literati Garden to Chinese Modern Gardening

Literati garden in Chinese classical garden has its own characteristics,and literature,philosophy and aesthetic values contained in literati garden have a profound impact on the gardening of later generations.Literati garden embodies the aesthetic orientation of Chinese people’s love of poetry and painting,pays attention to the creation of poetic atmosphere and creates an emotional space,making that viewers appreciate the beauty of blending feelings and scenery.In this paper,the characteristics of the literati garden in Chinese classical garden are summarized,and its gardening essence is excavated,and its enlightenment to the modern Chinese garden is explored.

Poetic and Pictorial Splendor-Expression of Traditional Chinese Literati in Chinese Architecture

The expression of traditional Chinese literati is based on connection, seeking emotion and harmony. With various forms, though, this style of expression shares the same value in some art forms, like traditional Chinese poetry, calligraphy and paintings, and Chinese architecture. Based on the commonalities of various forms of literature and art, this paper offered an insight into Chinese architecture in light of poetic and pictorial expression of traditional Chinese literati. In order to illuminate the corresponding connection between traditional Chinese poetry, calligraphy and paintings, and Chinese architecture, this paper discussed the expression of Chinese architecture corresponding to the essence of traditional Chinese poetry, calligraphy and paintings respectively from the perspective of philosophy, aesthetics, and culture study of Chinese architecture. Via analogous analysis, which includes the analogy between the emotion of architecture and the feelings in traditional poetry, the analogy between the order of architecture and the spirit of calligraphy, and the analogy between the artistic conception and the picturesque scene, the poetic and pictorial expression of Chinese architecture was clarified. This paper emphasized that Chinese architecture needs to jump out of the concrete image, eradicate the interdisciplinary boundaries, and stress the integration of arts and humanities in a higher level, to express Chinese architecture in a Chinese way. That means making Chinese architecture modern in forms and techniques, and traditional in spirit and artistic conception.

The Negotiation between Greenblatt and Jameson on Politics and Poetics in Contemporary China

Stephen Greenblatt who first introduces the term“New Historicism”,for these years has gradually entered the mainstream from the edge of the academic and has influenced many fields fundamentally.For Greenblatt,the relationship between society and literature,politics and poetics,is the key to the study of Cultural Poetics.Therefore,in the thesis of“Towards a Poetics of Culture”,he debated with Jameson,considering him asalien,and taking the contemporary China as an argument in order to demonstrate that the functional distinctions between politics and poetics should be separated.Moreover,he deemed that these two must be adjusted in order to adapt to each other.If we learn from the methodology of New Historicism that focuses on contexts and interpretation patterns,we will find that the divergence of their views can be eventually traced back to the theoretical,political and ideological differences.

Exploring the Translation Model of Poetic Metaphor based on Conceptual Integration Theory

Poetic metaphor is a kind of conceptual structure formed by conceptual integration.It is the cognitive means,which is used by the poets to understand things and express emotions.As a conceptual structure,the poetic metaphor expresses certain semantic content,and its meaning construction is a kind of non-linear integration mode.In the translation of poetic metaphor,the translators should take the conceptual integration theory as the guide,construe the poetic metaphor firstly,in order to understand that what entities are participated in the conceptual integration of the poetic metaphor,and how the process of conceptual integration is;then,take the construal results as the basis,and take the cultural background of the target language as a reference,to reconstruct poetic metaphor in the target language,so as to achieve the purpose of translation and information dissemination.In the process of poetic metaphor translation,the translator’s cognitive model,ability and preference,the proficiency of the source language and target language,the familiarity of the culture of the source language and target language,personal encyclopedic knowledge reserve,and personal language expressing preference will affect the translation results of poetic metaphor.In addition,when the translators reconstruct the poetic metaphor in the target language,they must follow the principle of semantic consistency,cultural adaptation and universality.

The Three Stages of John Keats＇s Poetics

Apart from poetry, John Keats＇s concise remarks on poetics scatter miscellaneously in his other writings, whichhave been less studied compared with that of Keats＇s contemporary romantic poets. However, those terse remarksconstitute his deep perception on romantic poetry, many of which are now still glistening with their unique value.Based upon close reading upon Keats＇s poetical works and letters as well as later critics＇ books on poetry, thispaper intends to make a systematic study of Keats＇s poetics. Aiming at illustrating Keats＇ poetics, this paper fallsinto three parts--the first part being ＂Inspiration： Poetry as John Keats＇s Life＂, the second ＂Perspiration： NaturalGenius Plus Exquisite Revision＂, and the third ＂Perfection： the Aeolian Lyre＂.

赋即散文诗辩——由欧美学者译赋为“poetical essay”等谈起

赋是中国文学中比较特殊的一种文体,它介于诗文之间,与现代散文诗极为相似,因此有人称赋即散文诗。西方学者译赋时,把赋大类归于散文,也有称赋为散文诗的倾向。从文学发展的角度看,赋是诗的进一步散文化。因此称赋为散文诗或译赋为“poetical essay”都是不准确的。

On the Poetic Features in Jia Zhangke's Films

As one of the representative figures of the sixth generation of Chinese directors, Jia Zhangke is known as "the most poetic Chinese filmmaker." He has constructed artistic conceptions through image positioning, which create a unique beauty. At the same time, the themes of his works reflect the tradition of "poetry as an expression of aspirations" from the perspective of the fates of ordinary people in this era of change, allowing the audience to feel the poet's "aspirations." His films also show poetic features in terms of composition, lens, language and music.

Bashu Culture and Du Fu's Poetic Space

Bashu culture has an important position in Chinese culture. Du Fu's poems on the theme of Bashu account for a considerable portion of his poems, due to his long-term stay in Bashu and the vital effects of Bashu culture had on him. The unique Bashu culture enriched his creativity, and greatly expanded his poetic space. Du Fu's Bashu poems show the natural scenery, human geography, local customs and practices, and the cultural personality of the Bashu people. In addition, Du Fu combined organically his care for the fate of his nation and the people with Bashu culture, to realize more abundant and profound space of his poems.

Interpreting The Clockmaker from the Perspective of Greenblatt’s Cultural Poetics

Thomas·C·Haliburton(1796-1865)establishes a literary fame as“the first Canadian writer to establish an international reputation”and a great humorist,with the publication of his masterpiece The Clockmaker(1836).Centering on Nova Scotia,the origin place of Canadian literature and the first British colony in Canada,the book conveys deep concerns on local reality under the British colonization in the 1830s.Haliburton as a Loyalist firmly opposes violent revolution against the British Empire whereas promotes gradual evolution in the colony.This is a typical demonstration of ideological contradictions in colonies.Greenblatt’s Cultural Poetics generally explores political consciousness and ideology in literary texts.It surpasses the dichotomy mode of Western radical ideology and never views the relationship between domination and resistance as a simple confrontation.From the perspective of Greenblatt’s Culture Poetics,this essay interprets the process of“improvisation of power”,“subversion”and“containment”in the colony reflected in The Clockmaker in order to explore Nova Scotians’awakening of independence awareness in the 1830s.

Urban Poetics in John Updike’s Sonnet“New York City”

Based on Robert E.Park’s theoretical frame of social urban study,the“psychophysical mechanism”,urban poetics mainly researches the mutual relations between the physical and the moral organizations of a city in urban poems,novels and dramas.This article considers John Updike as an urban poet since his poem collection Americana(2001)is a collection of urban poems.One of the representative poems,the sonnet“New York City”,depicts a despairing“separate nation”by presenting three typical physical cityscapes:television,beggars and skyscrapers.Each physical cityscape reveals its cultural value and social tradition of the city,and the psychological problems of the city dwellers.Tracing Updike’s personal urban experience and the poem’s intertextual space,this article explores his criticism on American big city:the alienated human relations,the anxiety of city life and the smallness of solipsism.His intention to parody John Milton’s Pandemonium in Paradise Lost,and to pay homage to Walt Whitman,reveals that this sonnet embodies rich connotations of urban poetics.

On the Loss of Poetic Image in English Translation of Chinese Poetry

In the process of translation,the translator is subject to the differences of language and culture,which often leads to the loss of poetic image,and affects the accurate interpretation of the original work.Based on the interpretation of the original poetry image,this paper divides the loss of poetry translation image into three categories:loss of cultural image,loss of concrete image,and loss of abstract image.This paper analyzes the loss of these three types of poetry image respectively,it is expected to contribute to the correct dissemination and acceptance of poetry in western countries.

Poetic Reconstruction of “Self-Centered” in the Cross-Cultural Theatre

In cross-cultural theaters of the drama field,it has become a universal trend to integrate tradition and modernity as well as China and the West in the cultural exchange between different nations.Such a normality brings some new opportunities to the dramatic creation of youth directors while posing greater challenges.As to opportunities,it can make the stage processing of directors more distinctive while enriching their aesthetic pursuits;the challenge lies in how to endow the work with contemporary expression without breaking away from tradition.Nowadays,more and more directors are seeking“poetic reconstruction”in cross-cultural theaters,and keen direction artists are exploring how to better express the connotation of their work,including the inner feelings of roles,their subconsciousness,and transmitting the unfinished meaningful words delicately at the special time and space offered by the stage,and make use of the unique vocabulary of directors to form new aesthetic experience and expressive effects,so as to enlighten the audience to make rational reflection in addition to having emotional consonance.Therefore,“poetic reconstruction of‘self-centered’”is critical in cross-cultural theatrical creation.In view of this condition,I will take the creation of Xi,an experimental drama,as an example,and discuss how directors reconstruct“self-centered”poetry in the cross-cultural theaters to form distinctive and unique expressions,so as to accomplish beneficial exploration of the co-existence of philosophy and beauty in the combination of classicism and contemporaneity and the process of taking in everything.

An Analysis of the Non-mandatory Explicitation in Two English Versions of Chuanxilu from the Perspective of Poetics

Chuanxilu is a collection of Wang Yangming’s questions&answers and letters on learning.It is a masterpiece of Neo Confucianism since the pre-Qin period.This paper,from the perspective of translation poetics,takes two English versions of Chuanxilu as the main research objects,makes quantitative statistics and qualitative analysis of the non-mandatory explicitation in the translation,aiming to explore the influence of poetics on the translator’s English translation of Chuanxilu,so as to provide some enlightenment for the external translation and interpretation of Wang Yangming’s theory of mind.