Poetics (General Theory of Literary Forms)

Author: [French] Fandian, translated by Chen Jing
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Publishing Date: 2003-03-01
Features: "We may marvel at a landscape filled with poetic charm, describe a period of life as poetically romantic, or even say that someone has a poetic quality." But if it comes to defining the concept of poetics, it is not that easy. Although (or perhaps because) the term holds a prominent position in the vocabulary of modern literary criticism, often used alone or followed by a modifier, such as the poetics of a story, Mallarmé's poetics, sentimental poetics, passionate poetics, and so on, its meaning remains somewhat ambiguous and has been interpreted differently in different eras. Therefore, it is necessary to take a look back to unveil the veil of this common yet mysterious term.