Sylvia Plath is a major representative of the American confessional poetry. Her idiosyncratic poetry and her suicide in1963 aroused an intensive interest and study on her and her poems that hasn't subsided until n...Sylvia Plath is a major representative of the American confessional poetry. Her idiosyncratic poetry and her suicide in1963 aroused an intensive interest and study on her and her poems that hasn't subsided until now. This paper tries to explore the so-called Sylvia Plath myth and analyzes the various factors that molded her extreme psychology, theme and style by Lacanian psychoanalytic approach.展开更多
The interpretation of Sylvia Plath' s representative work Daddy is always being controversial.The poem involves many social and historical issues and various images,among which the image " Daddy" is the ...The interpretation of Sylvia Plath' s representative work Daddy is always being controversial.The poem involves many social and historical issues and various images,among which the image " Daddy" is the key to the interpretation of the poem as well as the poet ess' feminist consciousness of anti-patriarchy.展开更多
Becoming famous in 1960s,American confessional poetry,in response to High Modernism as impersonality and totalobjectivity,shifted focus on personal experience.When such confessional flow rushed into China in 1980s,it ...Becoming famous in 1960s,American confessional poetry,in response to High Modernism as impersonality and totalobjectivity,shifted focus on personal experience.When such confessional flow rushed into China in 1980s,it provided Chinese poets a confessional voice to write and investigate significant issues of world,life and society.Thus,writing in different languages and periods does not stop them to implement the same mission:to adopt a confessional voice,represent trauma as blackness and darkness in women experience and bring light,meanwhile,achieve one’s own truth and liberation.展开更多
The introduction and translation of Sylvia Plath＇s （1932-63） poetry into Chinese in the 198os had a significant impact on women＇s poetry in contemporary China, particularly the work of Zhai Yongming （b. 1955） an...The introduction and translation of Sylvia Plath＇s （1932-63） poetry into Chinese in the 198os had a significant impact on women＇s poetry in contemporary China, particularly the work of Zhai Yongming （b. 1955） and Lu Yimin （b. 1962）. Expanding on Lawrence Venuti＇s theory of translation and intertextuality, this article explores the relationship between Chinese translations of Plath and the poetry of Zhai and Lu. It examines four sets of Plath translations and the accompanying paratextual commentaries, demonstrating how Plath＇s Chinese translators inscribe their individual interpretations onto their translations. It shows how these texts are integral in shaping the early poetic output of Zhai and Lu, who further recontextualize Plath through their own poetry, revealing how Plath has been understood, evaluated, and transformed in contemporary China. Ultimately, this process results in a bold new gendered poetics that marks a turning point in Chinese women＇s writing.展开更多
The poetry is not merely a bundle of "poetic" objects or a box with tinsel ribbon decoration.Poetry is an expression of the emotion,an experience of the objective,bustling world.To have a penetrating and com...The poetry is not merely a bundle of "poetic" objects or a box with tinsel ribbon decoration.Poetry is an expression of the emotion,an experience of the objective,bustling world.To have a penetrating and comprehensive understanding of the poems by Sylvia Plath and Ge Mai,firstly,comparing in the description:images,moods and attitudes;then,analyzing the inner meaning related to the metaphor and symbol;finally,emphasizing that it is courage makes the beauty spring from the poetry.展开更多
By adopting Freudian psychoanalysis,this paper attempts to verify that in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar Esther is traumatized by her father’s premature death and her mother’s lack of empathy,which leave her feeling a...By adopting Freudian psychoanalysis,this paper attempts to verify that in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar Esther is traumatized by her father’s premature death and her mother’s lack of empathy,which leave her feeling abandoned,and therefore result in the core issues of fear of abandonment and fear of intimacy.Esther’s whole pattern of psychological behavior,mainly manifested in her relationship with others,is grounded in her unconscious conviction that emotional ties to another human being will lead to one’s being emotionally abandoned.展开更多
The purpose of the present article is to explore two main poetry collections of Sylvia Plath.Poems for“The Colossus”and“Ariel”were written in different times and life stages of the poet.“The Colossus”is the begi...The purpose of the present article is to explore two main poetry collections of Sylvia Plath.Poems for“The Colossus”and“Ariel”were written in different times and life stages of the poet.“The Colossus”is the beginning of her full life as a woman and a poet and“Ariel”is telling us about her final years and predicts the tragical ending that she had chosen.Both books are rich with different characters,poetical symbols and themes.展开更多
文摘Sylvia Plath is a major representative of the American confessional poetry. Her idiosyncratic poetry and her suicide in1963 aroused an intensive interest and study on her and her poems that hasn't subsided until now. This paper tries to explore the so-called Sylvia Plath myth and analyzes the various factors that molded her extreme psychology, theme and style by Lacanian psychoanalytic approach.
文摘The interpretation of Sylvia Plath' s representative work Daddy is always being controversial.The poem involves many social and historical issues and various images,among which the image " Daddy" is the key to the interpretation of the poem as well as the poet ess' feminist consciousness of anti-patriarchy.
文摘Becoming famous in 1960s,American confessional poetry,in response to High Modernism as impersonality and totalobjectivity,shifted focus on personal experience.When such confessional flow rushed into China in 1980s,it provided Chinese poets a confessional voice to write and investigate significant issues of world,life and society.Thus,writing in different languages and periods does not stop them to implement the same mission:to adopt a confessional voice,represent trauma as blackness and darkness in women experience and bring light,meanwhile,achieve one’s own truth and liberation.
文摘The introduction and translation of Sylvia Plath＇s （1932-63） poetry into Chinese in the 198os had a significant impact on women＇s poetry in contemporary China, particularly the work of Zhai Yongming （b. 1955） and Lu Yimin （b. 1962）. Expanding on Lawrence Venuti＇s theory of translation and intertextuality, this article explores the relationship between Chinese translations of Plath and the poetry of Zhai and Lu. It examines four sets of Plath translations and the accompanying paratextual commentaries, demonstrating how Plath＇s Chinese translators inscribe their individual interpretations onto their translations. It shows how these texts are integral in shaping the early poetic output of Zhai and Lu, who further recontextualize Plath through their own poetry, revealing how Plath has been understood, evaluated, and transformed in contemporary China. Ultimately, this process results in a bold new gendered poetics that marks a turning point in Chinese women＇s writing.
文摘The poetry is not merely a bundle of "poetic" objects or a box with tinsel ribbon decoration.Poetry is an expression of the emotion,an experience of the objective,bustling world.To have a penetrating and comprehensive understanding of the poems by Sylvia Plath and Ge Mai,firstly,comparing in the description:images,moods and attitudes;then,analyzing the inner meaning related to the metaphor and symbol;finally,emphasizing that it is courage makes the beauty spring from the poetry.
文摘By adopting Freudian psychoanalysis,this paper attempts to verify that in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar Esther is traumatized by her father’s premature death and her mother’s lack of empathy,which leave her feeling abandoned,and therefore result in the core issues of fear of abandonment and fear of intimacy.Esther’s whole pattern of psychological behavior,mainly manifested in her relationship with others,is grounded in her unconscious conviction that emotional ties to another human being will lead to one’s being emotionally abandoned.
文摘The purpose of the present article is to explore two main poetry collections of Sylvia Plath.Poems for“The Colossus”and“Ariel”were written in different times and life stages of the poet.“The Colossus”is the beginning of her full life as a woman and a poet and“Ariel”is telling us about her final years and predicts the tragical ending that she had chosen.Both books are rich with different characters,poetical symbols and themes.
