国诗刍议

在中国传统文体学的观念中,诗就是诗,仅分古体与近体;词便是词,起初是与音乐密切配合的一种文体,以后逐渐成句读不葺之诗。诗、词产生于古典时代,但在中国进入现代社会之后,依然有不少人从事这两种文体的创作,并取得杰出成就。唯自新诗在文坛上涌现,诗、词便被诬称为"旧"或"旧体"。实则"新诗"不"新","旧诗"不"旧",新与旧的争斗,是殖民意识与民族意识的斗争,是庸众意识与精英意识的斗争,"旧体"诗词应当正名,它的最贴切的名字应当是国诗。

国诗大赛对网络守正体诗词创作的影响

网络旧体诗词创作已经初步形成了实验体、守正体、新台阁体三体并峙的格局。守正体提倡雅正,回归诗词创作的主流传统。国诗大赛以科考取士的原创赛制,追求风雅的选拔标准,推出了一批在雅正基础上有所创新的守正体作品及作者。其全面考察作者的诗学素养与创作水平的宗旨,树立精品的意识,为网络诗坛守正体创作提供了一条可持续发展的道路。

On untranslatability of classical Chinese poetry： From the perspective of aesthetic function of language

The author analyzes the untranslatability of the classical Chinese poetry from the perspective of aesthetic function of language. The untranslatability lies firstly in the heterogeneity, indeterminism and the ambiguity of the Chinese language itself. Moreover, the classical Chinese poetry displays its unique features and beauty which can not be rendered into English in terms of aesthetic function of language.

Dialectical Rhetoric and Socrates＇ Treatment of Mimetic Poetry in Book 10 of the Republic

Christopher Janaway＇s recent book on Plato＇s critique of the arts discusses, among other things, Book 10 of the Republic. This paper claims that his comments upon passages in Republic 10 overl Plato＇s ook the Ion and status of the Republic as itself a work of dramatic mimesis, ignore the dialectical form of the work, and miss that in various dialogues, Plato evinces a high view of poetry and the arts and even envisions a techne poietike. The paper defends these claims by constructing a three-stage argument that Plato holds a high view of poetry： （1） It first sketches an outline of a reading of the Ion as a dialogue that, despite being aporetic, nevertheless points ahead to a Socratic philosophizing that is craft-like and open to divine inspiration, and not only recognizes the value of poetry but also sometimes composes poetry; （2） Then, it discusses Socrates＇ use, in his conversational strategies in the Republic, of the techne of rhetoric described in the Phaedrus; and finally, （3） It considers four arguments against mimetic poetry in Republic 10 （598b8-606d7）, and sketches an interpretation of them that takes issue with Janaway＇s. It argues that they are meant to invite readers to a higher dialectical standpoint, from which might come into view the value of mimetic poetry to a community guided by a Basilike techne

Pastoral Poets＇ Different Expectations From Nature in Chinese and Western Cultures

Though there is no exact equivalence of western ＂pastoral＂ in Chinese, the description of nature did appear abundantly in both cultures. Western pastorals can be traced back to Roman times while Chinese ＂Tian Yuan Shi＂ （田园诗）, which may serve the best similarities, appeared as early as in East-Jin Dynasty （316-420 A.D.）. Poets in both cultures praised country life and wanted to have a rest in the nature. Despite these similarities or ＂parallel＂, there are also some differences in two kinds of literature which have been widely discussed. Among all the differences, nature＇s function-spirit purification and consolation or a refuge-in fact varies in Chinese and western pastoral poetries. This means what the authors of these literary works expected from nature by panegyrizing nature highly and indulging themselves in nature differ significantly in two cultures. This phenomenon has been under thoughtful investigation. Different cultural, religious and historical backgrounds in Chinese and western cultures are exploited to explain these differences. However, these explanations are all phenomena themselves and lack the definitiveness and inevitability. The different western history opposite to the absence of subjective rights in China, which can find further resource in cultural geography, is examined in this paper to provide a more desirable answer.

On the Realism Style of Langston Hughes＇ Early Autumn

The paper makes a brief introduction of Langston Hughes and his works, and takes one of his short stories—Early Autumn, as an example to illustrate his writing style of realism—to show Hughes is an excellent and versatile writer.

Melody- Usul - Poetic Prosodic Meter Relations in Ottoman-Turkish Music

Language, literature, customs and traditions, music and art are cultural items that were transmitted from generation to generation throughout history. In this context, literature is an important source of music culture that takes inspiration from the customs and traditions of a society. Prosodic meter is echoed in form, usul and general structure in works composed from the divan literature and almost lives in the work. In the same way, when examples of folk literature composed by composers and performed by poets and a^lks are examined, it is observed that there are parallels between literary features and form, structure and rhythmic features. The aim of this paper is to reveal the integral link between Melody-Usul and Meter in Ottoman Turkish Music

Accurate analysis of ＂Chinese New Standard＂ with the exploration of classical poetry ＂mood＂ Method

The mood is intended to send poetry lyric and a form of expressive, while the Chinese have a long attention of the ＂mood＂ to convey tradition and from the east, we can see the nation＇ s awareness of thinking, oriental poet emphasis of things＇ teaser, expression of mood. Therefore, secondary school teachers in the resolution of the ＂Chinese New Standard＂ in Chinese classical poetry pay attention to poetry with the main objective unity, and the traditional interpretation of metaphor Fu poetry ＂mood.＂

The Influences of American Deep Image on the Third-Generation Poets in China

The Third-Generation Poetry of China （namely Post-misty Poetry too） initiated with the introduction of Western modernist poetry, especially sorts of American Post-modernist poetry schools into China. ＂The relation between American poetry and Chinese poetry has a long history, which lies in the influences on the creation of the Third-Generation poets. This influence is probably unprecedented in its depth and breadth.＂ ＂Irrational association＂ and ＂leaping images＂ proposed by American Deep Image poets influenced by Freudian and Jungian unconscious perception gained an extraordinary appreciation among the Third-Generation poets who were in pursuit constantly of the experiments on poetic form and language. This paper mainly discusses the influences of American Deep Image on the Third-Generation poets of China through a case study of WANG Yin and CHEN Dongdong＇s poems.

The isolated hero： Beowulf

The Epic hero Beowulf is honored as a great leader of his nation, but such a hero is isolated. He was not born a hero. In his growth, he is often detached from his family and society. Isolation makes up the critical part of the process of being a great hero.

Exiles Turn Lemons Into Lemonade： Multiethnic Poets of the US Crossing Borders

This study critically examines selections from the political poetry of African American writer Amiri Baraka （Le Roi Jones） and Arab American writer Suheir Hammad and the path they have chosen for themselves as exiles reflected in their writing. Edward Said＇s theory of exile is employed to illuminate common areas of interests that link the two writers together as exiles. The study reveals their attitude toward various issues that impact both races, the African American and Arab American such as imperialism, colonization, and oppression. Their poetry underlines the impact of capitalism and racism on US society and other nations disempowered by imperialism.

Exploring Lives of China Ming-Qing Female Poets： Collaboration of the “Ming-Qing Women’s Writings Digital Archive and Database” and the “China Biographical Database”

Based on the “Ming-Qing Women’s Writings （MQWW）, a digital archive and database” project and the “China Biographical Database （CBDB）” project, which have been collaborating since 2008, this paper uses different digital methods to analyse the Ming-Qing women poets’ lives, such as the themes of their poems, their geographical distribution, and their social networks. The aim of this paper is to show researchers various prospects for the integration of digital humanities projects.

A Study on the Untranslatability of Classical Chinese Poems and Untranslatability Compensation

Classical Chinese poems（CCP） is regarded as the inheritance and treasure of Chinese culture. CCP translation, on one hand, makes us have access to explore the linguistic charming and the cultural value of classical Chinese poems; on the other hand, it provides an opportunity to transmit Chinese classical culture into western culture. While translatability of CCP translation, coupled with its untranslatability is considered a contentious topic in translation circle. Admittedly, in the process of CCP translation, some problems or barriers turn out to be our stumbling stone. But generally speaking, most of the poetry are translatable and untranslatability can be transformed into translatability with certain strategies. This thesis have compared the similarities and differences between Chinese and western poems to analyze the reasons why CCP can or cannot be translated and lays much emphasis on untranslatability as well as the compensation of untranslatability. Lastly, foreignization and domestication are recommended as two strategies in CCP translation when untranslatability occurs.

On the Conceptual Shift and Collocation Between Concreteness and Abstractness——Analysis of The Mill by a New Poet in China

This is a poem review which analyzes The Mill that was written by a new poet in China, looking at it from the conceptual perspective. The conceptual shift and collocation between concreteness and abstractness enable her poems to carry both linguistic power and emotional strength; the conceptual images created by her abstract thinking and unique perception make her poems achieve originality and readability; her conceptual self built by the use of first person pronouns is actually not that of a person but that of a personified mule who was indignant about its heavy workload yet unable to speak against its predestined destiny. Although suffering from brain paralysis, the poet is shown by this review to be a sensible manipulator of words, which reveal the unique beauty in her language and show the suppressed sadness in her heart.

An Education through Nature That Goes beyond Nature： Wordsworth＇s Prelude of 1799

Wordsworth＇s Prelude of 1799 is presenting a poetic voice of education through nature that goes beyond nature. This essay considers the cycles and developments in the poem under the four themes of Unity; Impression; Time, Age and Season; Revolution.

German Poetry in African Languages： The Translation of Selected German Poems From an Intercultural Perspective

The article deals with the translation of German poetry into Wolof and is based on Tamsir Annes＇s translation of German poems under the title Tdere-Woy yi/Das Buch der Lieder. My purpose in this paper is to answer the question of how elements of the vocabulary of sciences （literature and philosophy） as well as cultural specific items are rendered in the Wolof target text. Therefore, in this work, I explore methods and strategies of translation like borrowings, paraphrases, and analyze furthermore some differences noticeable in the translation of some poems at the cultural level. These analysis-steps enable the investigation of, contextually, the central issue of ＂cultural translatability＂ and the reception of translation of European poetry into African languages in general and German poetry into Wolof in particular. The article also focuses on the importance of the reception of German poetry in Wolof as a means of intercultural communication between German and Wolof-speaking countries but as means to develop African languages like Wolof in which the translation of the selected poems has been operated.

How the Red Ring Became the Bronze Horse and the Horse Became the Ring： Tennyson＇s ＂Boaidicea＂

Tennyson＇s poem ＂Boaidicea＂, published in 1864 but at least conceived in 1858, has never been very highly regarded. It is usually omitted from editions of the complete poetical works. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, written in an approximation of Catullan/Callimachan galliambics, it is no easy read. Secondly and more importantly, however, it sits most awkwardly within a huge body of contemporary art -paintings, sculptures, and novels as well as poems which present the （properly） Queen Regent of the Iceni as the spiritual ancestor of Victoria （the Gaelic word boudicca does, after all, men ＂victory＂）. Far from portraying Boadicea （as the name was then commonly spelt from the 18th to themed 20th centuries） as the harbinger of British imperial glory, Tennyson presents her as the half-mad victim of Roman oppression, brutalized by her own experiences into a personal vendetta. I argue that this poem is a riposte to Sir William Thornycroft＇s bronze statue of Boadicea, a symbol of patriotic pride. It was begun at roughly the same time as the poem, both at the behest of Prince Albert; Tennyson would have seen Thornycroft＇s models. In the poem, Tennyson envisions Bo/idicea reducing Colchester and Londonto a red-black stain infested with carrion eaters, and he seems to be asking whether this colour, ironically reflected in the finished statue of the Regent, chariot and horses （she used cavalry and chariots to attack Londinium, after all） is anything like a becoming tribute to Victoria. As for the dating of composition, Tennyson＇s the most likely model for Boaidicea is Lakshmibai, Queen Regent of Jhansi, who, during the Indian Mutiny of late 1857, is reputed to have ordered a massacre of English civilians who were tortured and dismembered in much the same as Boudicca＇s victims. The poem is thus a meditation on the evils inherent in empire building and its effect upon native peoples.

The beauty in death： Emily dickinson＇s I felt a funeral, in my brain

As one of the greatest female poets in the nineteenth century of American literature, Emily Dickinson depicted the beauty in death with the unique secluded touch. Death, the most recurrent theme of her poems, is adequately unfolded in her I felt a funeral, in my brain. The beauty of death is revealed from visual and auditory perspectives.

Time and consciousness in T. S. Eliot＇s The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock

The relationship between time and consciousness is what T. S. Eliot concerns much in his early modernist poem The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock. This paper is an analysis of the way Eliot employs the stream of consciousness technique to create a typical Western modern man who suffers greatly from meaningless life and spiritual crisis.

A Survey of Translation of Robert Bums＇ ＂A Red, Red Rose＂ in China

Robert Burns wrote about 700 poems and songs. But the first poem that was translated into Chinese is ＂A Red, Red Rose＂. It was collected into a book compiled in 1908 which was published in 1911. It was retranslated many times at different times, mostly by people who were both poets and translators at the same time. And almost all the translators were famous poets such as Su Manshu, Yuan Shuipai, Wang Zuoliang, Yuan Kejia, and Guo Moruo. These translators had their own unique taste and typical features. This article will present a survey of translation history and at the same time give some comments on different versions.