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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 209-216.

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The Two Worlds and the Tragic Sense in Chen Yinque's Poetics

Pan Jingru   

  1. Peking University
  • Online:2016-05-25 Published:2017-09-29
  • About author:Pan Jingru is a PhD candidate, specializing in Chinese ancient literature in Peking University.

Abstract: Chen Yinque was also a prolific poet, and his poems were full of metaphor and innuendo. Chen's poetry can be traced in spirit and culture back to his father Chen Sanli's influence, and also allows the reader to have a glimpse of his melancholic nature. These two strands of influence contribute to the two distinct worlds of images in his poetry, one pointing to the impermanent yet everlasting realistic world, and the other pointing to the other side of this world. The former world is composed of flowers and people and human affairs, while the latter is composed of the opposite visions between the heaven and the human, and both worlds are internally connected with his tragic sense and tragic fate.

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