Research On Wu Fangji Literary Thought In Modern Chinese Poetic Theory

Wu Fang ji (1896-1932), the word Bi Liu ,assumed name White House, claim to be theWhite House Wu Sheng,alternative name White House poet. He lived in a transitional period----the period of the May Fourth New Culture Movement. He was a“transitional poet”ofOld-style poems to Modern-style poems. In such a special alternate period between the New andthe Old, Wu Fangji advocated poetry reform, put forward a lot of unique views of literary, andcarried on the bold try in the poetry creation. He created the distinctive“White House Poem”,which made him become the important one in the "pluralism" of transitional period, and made acontribution to the transition of the Classical Poetry. This dissertation aims at discussing theliterary theory value of Wu Fangji, tasting the unique literary implication of“White HousePoem”combined with his creation at the background of the Chinese poetics in the early 20thcentury, and looking forward to providing reference to the construction of contemporary poetics.This dissertation consists of five parts.The introduction.It’s briefly talks about Wu Fangji’s life story and creative achievement. Inallusion to literary research on his outlook on life,the literary view,literary works at currentacademe. Combined with the current poetry encountered"non-poem","false poem" and a seriesof problems,leading to discussion and research on Wu Fangji’s poetic theory and creativepractice.His theory play an import part in some extreme views and practices on contemporarypoetry. What’s more, his creative spirit and poetry cohesion Poet oriented the development ofcontemporary poetry.The first part analyses Wu Fangji’s view on“China and the West”based on the argument inthe early 20thcentury. Wu Fangji’s poetic theory formed at the background of the first two“tenyears”of the Modern-style poems. From 1917 to 1926 is the first“ten years”of the Modern-stylepoems. Since the advance of“Literature Revolution”, the New Culture Movement developedvigorously, people appeal to the“Europeanization”. In the second“ten years”, political“regression”replaced the“Westernization”of literature. Nationalism Literature Movement rised.Wu Fangji held impartial views, approved of the reformation of poetry, and also considered thatit had its scale. He animadverted on the“Conservatism”and“Europeanization”, and put forwardhis specific reform aim :“Inoculation theory”. The second part analyses Wu Fangji’s view on“Ancient and Modern”based on theargument in the early 20thcentury. There were three argumentations of wide scope between the“Old School”and the exponential of the New Culture Movement in the first“ten years”of theModern-style poems, which focused on the poetry language and style. In the second“ten years”,the argument between“Ancient and Modern”existed none the less, but“Tang Renaissance”and“primary and secondary classical movement in academia”is still set off a few small waves. WuFangji broke through the old and new, established standard of himself. He advocated to use thecolloquial language and Classical Chinese together, approved of the reformation of ClassicalChinese, negated pursuing Modern Chinese stubbornly; In the bourn of the poems, he advocatedthe exploration and innovation, constructed new realm.The third part analyses Wu Fangji’s unique flavour of“White House Poem”. Based on hisview on“China and the west”and”Ancient and Modern”,he wrote poem actively. Which mainlydiscusses the exploration and innovation in form and content of his poems. His“White HousePoem”didn’t stick to one pattern, and then discussed his“White House Poem”from the sentence,language, prosody, rhetoric, writing skills, lyric ways and other aspects. As for the content, thespirit of“White House Poem”is mainly embodied in Wu Fangji’s patriotic spirit and peoplespirit. And produced a lot of famous works.The epilogue discussed the value and realistic meaning of Wu Fangji and his“White HousePoem”. In the specific history period of transition between the Old and the New, Wu Fangjialways adhere to the“inoculation theory”of“Not China and Not the West, Not Ancient and NotModern”, and created the distinctive“White House Poem”under the guidance of the thought,took effect on the correction and guidance for the extreme views and practice of the Old and theNew. There are different kinds of poems in contemporary poetry.Wu Fangji’s theory plays animport part in the development of the New Poem,specially his creative spirit and“soul ofpoetry”.