A Probe Into Taiwanese Poetry In The New Generation

The paper makes a general exploration of"Taiwanese Poetry in the New Generation". It is composed of four parts: in the first chapter,the essay expounds the success poetry of the new generation achieves in mirroring the"Cultural China"and"Geographical Taiwan"in the social and cultural trend of thought regressing nation and reality in the late 1970s; in the second chapter,the article mainly explains"Urban Poetry"and"Post-Modern Poetry"in terms of the process of urbanization and modernization in the 1980s against the background of diverse poetic composition; in the third chapter,the author discusses two new trends:"Life Poetry"and"Body Poetry"within the context of the reviving of perceptual consumption culture and decadent thoughts in the 1990s; in the forth chapter, the writer analyses the new generation poets'renewal of artistic ideas and consequent achievements in language transformation and style development from the perspective of poetics construction.The main and creative idea of the paper lies in the following aspects. Firstly, it goes beyond the"Case Study"made by international and domestic scholars on the Taiwanese poetry in a new generation , conducting"Integrated and Overall"exploration of the Taiwanese poetry , elaborating the main achievements in thought, poetics construction and changing pattern of the poetry in a new generation in the past twenty years of the 20th century and analyzing the importance and significance of it in the history of Taiwanese and Chinese contemporary literature. This part makes up the main and creative idea of the essay. Secondly, the author proposes that"Cultural China"is integrated with the tradition of classical literature and"Geographical Taiwan"with that of the literature in the May 4 Movement. It is nation and reality that constitute the source of any literary works and the core of the two reflects the realistic spirit and rational spirit of contemporary intellectual. Thirdly, the writer argues that the new generation poets'entertainment of"Ideas of Cities"promotes the establishment of some quite perfect theories and composition system for Chinese"Urban Poetry"in the 20th century in Taiwan , which is one of the important contributions made to the history of Chinese contemporary poetry. Fourthly, the essay maintains that"Post-Modern Poems"first came into being in Taiwan where the new generation poets make overall, systematic study of them. Complete success is attained both in theory and practice, another important contribution to poetics.Fifthly, the paper contends that although"Life Poetry"and"Body Poetry"bear the characteristic of nihility and decadence, they mirror the society of the consumption culture, initiating the new era of Taiwanese poetic composition --- a breakthrough of the new generation poets at the end of the century. Sixthly, based on the idea that the poets have regenerated their artistic thoughts, the author believes that their exploration and experiment on poetics are original, especially in the creation of diverse poetic style, another remarkable achievement of them.By reviewing, summarizing and probing into the historical tenor, spiritual tendency and evolving rule of"Taiwanese Poetry in the New Generation", the essay reveals the brilliant contributions the new generation poets made to the history of Taiwanese and Chinese contemporary poems, providing historical experience and practical inspiration for ultimate integration of Chinese new poetry in Chinese mainland and Taiwan.