From "Darkness" To "Wing"

Based on researches of female consciousness--- body, maternity, sex and life ones and their expressions in contemporary feminist poetry, this paper aims to expound the existence and value of feminist poetry as well as the vicissitude of female consciousness through the reading and comparison of three female writer's writing, to wit, Shu Ting, Zhai Yongming and Zhou Zan. Though Shu Ting's feminist consciousness is not generally acknowledged, the author of this paper argues that it's Shu Ting who has wakened the whole female and has strengthened the female consciousness, hence the appearance of many works with female or female existence as the topic, and facilitating the development and flourish of feminism in poetry. With female existence as the masterstroke penetrating through all the works of Shu ting, Zhai Yongming and Zhou Zan, this paper also reflects the ways of living and their attitudes depicted in poetry, which actually is the development of feminism, because Shu Ting regards male as a necessary part in female's life, and initiates the female independence in spirit. While in Zhai Yongmin's age, female's way of expressing their identity and independence have totally changed into the expression of body language, the male hegemony is completely overthrown. In Zhou Zhan and Yi Lichan 's time, there are more free ways to reflect upon female existence and mild expressions of language. As a result, freedom and wing becomes the keynotes of feminist poetry to depict life and to realize self-development at liberty.