A Study Of Gu Cheng And Federico Lorca’s Poems

The paper begins with the same interests and commonness between Gu Chengand Federico Garcia Lorca, building up an inner connection between them. I will laythe emphasis on analyzing the poetic images and poetic themes of both Gu Cheng andFederico Garcia Lorca’s poems, to discover the similarities of the poetic images andpoetic themes of their poems, to excavate the inside reason of the similarities andmeaning of research.Through the horizon of comparative literature and intensive reading of text, thisthesis is going to find out the common which Gu Cheng and Federico Garcia Lorcashare. On the aspect of poetic image, Gu Cheng and Federico Garcia Lorca’s poetrycareer will be divided into two periods, with the horizon of comparative literature,analyzing the poetic images of their poetry creation will help us to find out that theyassuredly share a lot in common on choosing poetic images. On the earlier stage oftheir poetic creation, because of their love of nature and poem talent, it is not difficultto find out that they have some similarities of choosing poetic images while they creattheir poems. At the later stage of their poetic creation, both Gu Cheng and FedericoGarcia Lorca inherited the traditional and modern poem spirit, and put them into moreand more mature poetic practice. By choosing poetic themes, Gu Cheng and FedericoGarcia Lorca also share similarities, namely, the theme of childhood, love and death.Not only can we find out the similarities and differences of their poetic artistic form,but also the spirit value behind those poetic themes.Gu Cheng and Federico Garcia Lorca are both great poets of superiortalents who aim at pursuing the “purity” in poetic beauty. In the poetry of them, it isnot difficult to recognize the perfect combination of tradition and modernity. On onehand, their poetry clearly reflects the consciousness for traditional cultureduring artistic creation. On the other hand, modern artistic techniques are tactfullyintegrated within, in quest for the artistic purity and perfection.This thesis attempts to study the similarities of these two great poetsthrough close reading from a comparative literature perspective. It is expected toenlarge the room for the interpretation of these two great poets and arouse moreattention to their works among researchers.