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Language Shattered is both a history of poetry from the People's Republic of China and a case study of the oeuvre of a leading Chinese poet. After the stifling orthodoxy of the 1950s and early 1960s, the terror of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) brought official Chinese literature to a total standstill. At the same time, disillusioned youths were more or less accidentally exposed to a varied body of foreign literature and began writing underground poetry. In the 1980s this poetry scene, now above ground, became one of pluriformity and proliferation in both official and unofficial circuits. The brutal suppression of the 1989 Protest Movement gave it an exile offshoot. The historical overview in Part I of this book is complemented in Part II by a discussion of Duoduo's poetry. Duoduo's career as a poet reflects the vicissitudes of Chinese Experimental poetry - and his beautiful, headstrong poems merit attention in themselves. They show that Chinese poetry is not just of interest as a chronicle of Chinese politics, but as literature in its own right.

Chinese poetry --- Experimental poetry, Chinese --- Chinese experimental poetry --- History and criticism. --- Duoduo, --- To-to, --- Li, Shih-cheng, --- Li, Shizheng, --- Duo, Duo, --- Duo Duo, --- 多多, --- 朵朵, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- S16/0240 --- History and criticism --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Modern poetry and poets: studies

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Wilt Idema is one of the world's leading scholars and translators of Chinese literature, with research interests ranging from classical poetry to premodern fiction, performance literature and women's writing. His oeuvre is exceptional in its inclusiveness and its ability to let different historical periods, genres and issues speak to one another, and to make the riches of Chinese literature accessible to a wide range of readers. In honor of his work, this collection brings together new research by twenty-two prominent scholars in a field of tremendous scope and diversity, on topics including genre characteristics, literary representations of social and political history, gender and cultural identity, music, autobiography, women's writing, internet literature and more.

Chinese literature --- Music --- History and criticism. --- Idema, W. L. --- Idema, Wilt L. --- Yi, Weide --- 伊維德 --- China --- In literature. --- S01/0800 --- S16/0150 --- History and criticism --- China: Bibliography and reference--"Festschrifte" and other works of a miscellaneous nature --- China: Literature and theatrical art--General works --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum