A Mother’s Image in the Chinese Female Poetry of the “New Period”
https://doi.org/10.26907/2658-3321.2023.6.2.165-175
Keywords:
female poetry, mother’s image’, Li Xiaoyu, Zhai Yongming, Fu Tianlin, Yin Lichuan, Shu TingAbstract
The article is devoted to the study of the image of mother in the modern Chinese female poetry as the most stable cultural image, which allows to trace the changes concerning the traditional perception of the role and function of the woman against the background of social and political transformation of the Chinese society, and also to define some essential characteristics of the phenomenon of female poetry, which appeared among other art movements and schools in the modern Chinese poetry. Under the policy of "reform and opening", Chinese literature makes a transition from a unipolar artistic paradigm to a multipolar one, the coexistence of very different styles, aesthetic attitudes, and opinions on poetic language becomes possible. The image of mother in the works of modern poets Li Xiaoyu, Zhai Yongming, Fu Tianlin, Yin Lichuan, Shu Ting, who represent different generations, is expressed as mother-parent, real-life, sublime-generalizing. Almost all the poets move from the mundane image of their mother to a generalised image, connected with the notion of ancestor and homeland.
The results of the study fill in the overall picture of the history of contemporary Chinese poetry, describe the aesthetic attitudes and foundations of women's poetry, and contribute to an objective perception of the spiritual transformations of Chinese society in the transitional period.
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