Poetry And Free Aesthetic,

With the poetic and aesthetic characteristic of Jiangnan( the region to the south of Yangtze River in East China) Culture, Wuyue Culture bred many writers and poets who embodied this particular feature. Wang Zengqi was one of the outstanding representatives. This thesis holds that Wang was a writer of unique disposition in modern Chinese history of literature. His unchanging aesthetic pursuit focused on poetic fulfillment and spiritual freedom. At a time when "sentimental literature" and "meditation literature" prevailed, Wang retuned to the literary world with a short story Being Initiated into Monkhood, fresh and casual in style while deep in meaning, manifesting an odor and the aesthetic pursuit of Jiangnan poetic culture. Avoiding political criticism and fashionable concerns at the time, his writing showed a great care for the common folks with a simple style closing to the countryside. He constructed in his work a pure and originate country world full of local characteristics and poetic beautifulness with simple but elegant characters, which depicted ideal humanity and a free and vigorous living form. With picturesque images, pastoral life and prose wiring structure, Wang's novels showed an excellent uniqueness in modern literature.This thesis observes Wuyue Culture's profound influence on Wang's writing in the light of regional culture, thus analyzes his contribution to Chinese modern lyrical novels.With the central argument that Wang devoted to his pursuit of spiritual freedom under the influence of poetic character in Wuyue Culture, this thesis analyzes this influence in three different parts. The first chapter focuses on an analysis on Wang's aesthetic philosophy through an observation of the natural character and customs in Wuyue Culture and their relation with literary poetics. The second chapter probes into Wang's consciousness of freedom, developed in the surrounding of Wuyue Culture and its influence on his writing. The third, through textual observation, discusses its poetic narrating styles under the influence of Wuyue Culture.