Historical Consciousness and Cultural Politics in Yang Yunping's Poetry
Yang Yunping,who was both a poet and a historian,integrated historical consciousness into his poetry collections Mountains and Rivers and New Collection of Mountains and Rivers.Deeply influenced by Confucianism,Yang captured the mentality and sentiments of"the loyalists of the former dynasty"in his verse.His collections are marked by"the history of the scholar's mind",portraying a journey of self-critique and resistance against despair.He incorporated rural landscapes and the lives of the common people into his poetry,creating a"poetic historical record"that captures local customs and folk traditions.Such efforts enabled a dialogue with Taiwan's folk preservation movement and the"foreign literature"discourse.By restoring cultural connections between the Taiwan region and the Chinese mainland,he transformed the former from a"locality"in the Empire of Japan into a part of his ancestral homeland.In his poem writing,the"spirit of the poet"and the"perspective of the historian"interplayed and created a"observer/observed"structure.Through transcendent historical consciousness,Yang scrutinized the society of Taiwan and referenced historical evolution theory to respond to the"Toyo"discourse in Taiwan's literary circle,subtly critiquing colonial discourse and war ideologies.
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