Research on the publicness of Chinese New Poetry in the 20th century

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00378
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02020:Chinese literature-related
• Research Institution: Komazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Fumiko 駒澤大学, 総合教育研究部, 教授 (60119427)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 中国新詩 / 公共性 / 倫理感覚 / 美感 / 女性詩歌 / 台湾現代詩 / 馮至

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Chinese colloquial free verse “New Poetry” was born during the ideological liberation movement in the early 20th century. This study focuses mainly on the works of poets who express the complex feelings and emotions of living in China from the 1920s to the 1940s, and considers the conflicts between individuals and communities, as well as aesthetic and ethical sensibilities that appear in them. This made it clear that New Poetry received the enlightenment of Western modernist poetry and poetics, and therefore had the opportunity to relativize Chinese language and literature. Furthermore, this study pointed out that the rereading of traditional Chinese classics encouraged the discovery and creation of poetic languages and provided a clue to explore the publicness of New Poetry.

Free Research Field

中国現代文学　特に現代詩

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中国古典詩が「漢詩」として広く一般に認知され、一定量の紹介や研究の蓄積があるのとは対照的に、20世紀中国新詩の翻訳や紹介はごく少数で、一般にはほとんど知られていない。本研究は、新詩が新しい抒情のスタイルを持つだけではなく、審美意識や倫理的思考に作用する批評性と公共性を備えることを明らかにした点に学術的意義がある。また、本研究の成果である雑誌や図書の刊行によって、20世紀中国社会に生きた人々の思考や感情について、詩のことばを通して理解する機会を一般の読者に提供したことに社会的意義がある。