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Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences) ›› 2021, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (4): 116-123.

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“Lyricism” in the Revolutionary Years:Rediscovering HUANG Yaomian's Criticism of the Poetry Theory during China's Resistance War Against Japan

LI Shengchuan   

  1. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100089, China
  • Online:2021-07-25 Published:2021-09-30

Abstract: During the years of China's Resistance War Against Japan,the poetry creation fell into those “empty slogans” and the form imitation which are lack of the “life emotion”.According to the interaction with poetry's history,HUANG Yaomian,a Romantic poet and “revolutionary” poetic theorist,returned to the history of Chinese classical poetry and its “Lyric tradition”,trying to seek a theoretical outlet for Chinese New Poetry and the Poetry duringChina's Resistance War Against Japan.On the basis of lyricism,HUANG Yaomian made in-depth reading and theoretical criticism of all those poetry sinceChina's Resistance War Against Japan.He not only put forward the clear idea of “Lyric Poetics” in the context of “revolution”,but also constructed the theory from the three lyric aspects:the “emotion”,“beauty” and “visualization” of the poetry.Between “revolution” and “lyricism”,HUANG Yaomian's poetry criticism adheres to the “Inherent Law” of literature and the “emotional characteristics” of poetry.Also,he accurately clarifies the dialectical relationship between literature and politics.Besides,he's one of those earliest theorists who establish the “aesthetic standards” of poetry criticism and the “National Poetry's Form” as the direction of poetry development.His theory points out the right way for the poetry during the years ofChina's Resistance War Against Japan.In the context of “revolution”,HUANG Yaomian's poetry theory criticism gives out a lyric sound which contains both academic theory and realistic significance.His theory shows the poetic characteristics and historical value of the times.

Key words: the period ofChina's Resistance War Against Japan, HUANG Yaomian, the revolution years, the lyric tradition, criticism of the poetry theory

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