Abstract: The construction of poetic theories in the rear area during the China's Resistance War Against Japan generally consists of three paths—poets,scholars and revolutionaries.They intertwined to form their respective exemplary poetic theory models.Among them,Ai Qing,Zhu Guangqian and Huang Yaomian are particularly exemplary in this aspect.Under the influence of European modernist poetry,based on his own experience as poet,Ai Qing conveyed poetic issues such as the beauty of poetry,the image of poetry,the beauty of prose,the symbol and the association,and took the lead in constructing the poetic theory model of perceptual poetics by discussing the matter of poetry in terms of poems.With the aesthetic attitude as a scholar,Zhu Guangqian systematically explored the basic theoretical issues such as imagery,feeling and rhythm in the mutual evidence between China and the West,and constructed the poetic model of rational poetics by discussing the matter of poetry in terms of theories.Huang Yaomian,a revolutionary theorist who had been baptized in Marxism for a long time,discussed the matter of poetry in terms of epoch,paid attention to the issues such as the relationship between literature and politics and the “militancy” of poets,advocated the ideological function of the spiritual form of poetry and constructed the poetic model of political poetics through the intervention of reality.Between poetics and politics,these three patterns,theoretically echoing the New Criticism represented by William Empson,not only filled the vacancy of native poetic theory during the war,but also clearly highlighted the formation,evolution and internal and external reasons for the construction of poetic theory in the rear area during the China's Resistance War Against Japan.

Key words: the rear area during the China's Resistance War Against Japan, poetic theories, perceptual poetics, rational poetics, political poetics, the New Criticism