{"id":2428,"date":"2014-02-26T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T01:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2014-02-09T22:31:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T14:31:29","slug":"paul-manfredis-modern-poetry-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2428","title":{"rendered":"Paul Manfredi’s Modern Poetry in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Theology,<\/a>Modern Poetry in China<\/a>: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic
\n<\/em>by Paul Manfredi<\/p>\n

Chinese poetry, along with many other art forms in China, underwent a highly self-conscious transformation in the first decades of the twentieth century. Poetry, perhaps more than any other art form, did so under the heavy burden of a voluminous literary precedent, a precedent which was in its very format of patterned words inscribed on scrolls\u2013\u2013a mark of the Chinese literati tradition. Turning away from this tradition seemed necessary in the context of a political, social, and cultural reform movement (which was designed to strengthen China in the face of increasing international pressure as well as domestic breakdown). At the same time, reforming a poetic tradition which had served as a principal touchstone of aesthetic accomplishment\u2013\u2013from its role in Confucian canon as object of contemplation for correct action, to its function as a test of candidate’s qualifications to govern through the civil service examination, to its function as national past-time in all manner of social gathering\u2013\u2013was a major challenge.<\/p>\n

The result of such a predicament for poets throughout the twentieth century has been the compulsion to discover a poetic style which resonates with the modern world and yet is rooted in Chinese cultural experience. One way in which poets have been able to accomplish this is by relying on poetry’s visuality, be it in the graphic properties of the writing system itself, the visual context of the presentation of the poetic texts, or the acute image details in the poems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic by Paul Manfredi Chinese poetry, along with many other art forms in China, underwent a highly self-conscious transformation in the first decades of the twentieth century. 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