Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2006, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 28-32,63.

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LI Jin-fa: a Dreamer of Poetry

Gui-liang WEN   

  1. Department of Chinese Literature, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2005-12-30 Online:2006-05-15 Published:2006-05-30

Abstract:

Li Jinfa was the first who introduced Western symbolism into modem Chinese poetry. Many have discussed the symbolic features of Li Jinfa's poetry. The focus of this paper is Li's poetic experimentation with vernacular Chinese and his constructive exploration of literary Chinese in the 20th century.

Key words: Li Jinfa, poetic vernacular, entanglement, poetics, life

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