On the Way Out of New Poetry: An Analysis of New Poetry's Attitude Towards Tradition

Author: Deng Cheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book primarily discusses the attitude of New Poetry theory towards tradition. New Poetry theory establishes a new coordinate system for tradition from different perspectives, sets standards for selection and rejection, and draws new conclusions. These new conclusions, in turn, serve to validate themselves or build upon themselves. This book explores the relationship between New Poetry and tradition by analyzing the attitude of New Poetry theory towards tradition. It is precisely the theoretical attitude of New Poetry theory towards tradition that determines the direction of New Poetry. On one hand, New Poetry, written in vernacular Chinese, liberates itself from the rigid old poetry, playing a revitalizing role in Chinese poetry. On the other hand, due to blind admiration for Western poetry, New Poetry becomes rationalized and mystified, breaking its connection with tradition, which further narrows the path of New Poetry. This book argues that the ( means "way out" or "solution" in Chinese) of New Poetry lies in learning from tradition, adopting the technique of "" ( means "arousing" or "inspiring" in Chinese) from ancient poetry, and establishing its own system of imagery as soon as possible. On the basis of imagery, inheritance and innovation should be carried out—this is the right path for New Poetry.