The"Democratic Poetics"Imagination of Woodcut Images in Poetry Creation
The journal Poetry Creation,edited by the poet Cao Xinzhi,had an important impact in the late 1940s.In the pursuit of democracy,Poetry Creation explored the future development direction of poetry,and in order to grasp the ideas of journals and editors more accurately,it is necessary to return to historical materials and pay attention to the neglected subtexts.The concept of"democratic poetics"in Poetry Creation,expressed through woodcut works,adheres to humanism,and uses"creative"laborers'woodcuts to express the pursuit of the true personality of literature and art,and then expresses the ideal of"beauty,love and freedom",looking forward to reshaping the national soul with beautiful literature and art.Different from the aesthetes,the woodcuts with religious colors show the concern of Poetry Creation for real life,and under the influence of the tradition of"for life",Poetry Creation includes woodcuts and poems with folk flavor,in order to seek the synthesis of"human literature"and"people's literature"and realize the democratic poetics ideal of"seeking harmony in difference".
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