Chinese avant-garde poetry in times of mind, mayhem and money through the interpretation of Maghiel van Crevel
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Keywords

Maghiel van Crevel
Chinese avant-garde
Misty poetry
poets in exile
Xi Chuan
Han Dong and Yu Jian
Yin Lichuan
Shen Haobo
Yan Jun

How to Cite

Hul, O. (2019). Chinese avant-garde poetry in times of mind, mayhem and money through the interpretation of Maghiel van Crevel: [rec. Maghiel van Crevel, "Chinese poetry in times of mind, mayhem and money", 2008, ISBN: 978-90-47-44273-8; https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004163829.I-518]. Bibliotekarz Podlaski, 45(4), 409–422. https://doi.org/10.36770/bp.236

Abstract

The article is written in the form of a book review. It tells about the Chinese avant-garde poetry as a tendency in the literature of the turn of the 20th and the 21st centuries. We are acquainted with the contemporary poetry through the eyes of Maghiel van Crevel, who, being a famous professor-sinologist, describes the lyrical vanguard with all its peculiarities. In his book he shows the real background of the exile poetry. The reader can not only see the positive sides of the modern poetry, but can also understand the controversial nature of the “Misty poetry” in its entirety. The article gives a brief history of contemporary poetry. It covers the period of forbidden underground poetry during the times of cultural revolution, and shows all the transformation stages of the Chinese avant-garde in literature. In the article we can trace the attitude of Maghiel van Crevel towards the Western art influence on the Chinese culture and poetry. He skillfully expresses his thoughts and feelings by using the words of the others and citing the leading Chinese literary critics.

The most interesting thing is that the author of the book focuses his attention on the poets who do not belong to the key representatives of the poetic avant-garde. This helps the reader to understand that a poet is an ordinary person and can write in a simple manner using the colloquial speech just to be closer to other people.

The key aim and goals of the Article is to become a vivid literary guide to the avant-garde poetry environment and to give some clues to the reasons of the poetry in exile.

https://doi.org/10.36770/bp.236
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References

Maghiel van Crevel (2008). Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money. Leiden: Brill. – 518 p.

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Hao Lin & Yingying Huang (Translator) (2019). The Text and the Extra-Textual: Dutch Sinologist Maghiel van Crevel and His Research on Contemporary Chinese Poetry, Chinese Literature Today, 8:1, 124-126, DOI:10.1080/21514399.2019.1605268

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