World of Mirages and Water Moon: A Poetic Study of Fei Ming's "Bridge"

Author: Wu Xiaodong
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Fei Ming is considered the pioneer of modern poetic fiction in China. He meticulously crafted The Bridge over a decade, a work hailed by Zhu Guangqian as a "groundbreaking" achievement and a masterpiece of poetic fiction. The Bridge is filled with the ethereal beauty of mirage-like imagery. Its utopian pastoral tone is reflected through poetic observations of several layers, including the land of women, children's paradise, rural daily life, and folk traditions, ultimately shaping the novel into a symbolic representation of an Eastern ideal state. In terms of technique, The Bridge employs the "writing of four-character couplets in the Tang style." This poetic feature also makes it a challenging text to read. Based on detailed annotations of the novel, this book conducts a meticulous study from the perspective of poetics, attempting to delve into the world of The Bridge by examining its language and techniques. Through the capture and analysis of the concept of "mental imagery," it reveals the unique poetic characteristics of the novel and presents a micro-poetic research perspective that has yet to be fully explored by scholars.