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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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This book investigates the poetics of three of the most internationally renowned contemporary Chinese poets - Bei Dao, Yang Lian and Duoduo - who were all exiled from China after the 1989 Tiananmen student movement. Their poetry was later to be labelled 'Misty poetry' (Menglongshi). Emphasising polyvalent imagery and irregular syntax, Misty poetry engenders a multiplicity of meanings, often leading to interpretational indeterminacy. This book examines three aspects of the 'Mistiness' of the poets' oeuvre: the socio-historic background where Misty poets live and write; imagery; and linguistic e
Chinese poetry --- History and criticism. --- Duoduo, --- Beidao, --- Yang, Lian, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Yang, Lien, --- Lian, Yang, --- 杨炼, --- 楊煉, --- Pei-tao, --- Bei Dao, --- 北岛, --- 北島, --- Zhao, Zhenkai, --- Chao, Chen-kʻai, --- 趙振開, --- Ai, Shan, --- 艾珊, --- Shi, Mo, --- Shih, Mo, --- 石默, --- Dao, Bei, --- To-to, --- Li, Shih-cheng, --- Li, Shizheng, --- Duo, Duo, --- Duo Duo, --- 多多, --- 朵朵,
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