The Empathetic Network of the Present World:The Essence and Related Debates of Stephen Owen's Nonfictional Poetics
Stephen Owen's theory of nonfictional poetics holds that the connotation of Chinese poetry cannot be separated from the real-life feelings conveyed by the literal sense,but scholars often misinterpret it literally.Under the definition of Owen,nonfictional poetics contains the dual connotation of the present world and real feeling.And through the mode of thinking of xing,poetry can be used to establish an empathetic network between the object,self,society and the universe in the present world,and between the present and the past,and even affect reality.According to the dual connotation of nonfictional poetics,scholars such as Stephen Owen oppose allegorical interpretation toward the commentaries on the Book of Songs.However,they paid too much attention to subjective feelings and belittled the importance of historical evidence in the interpretation of poetry.The traditional Chinese method of"interpreting poetry by history"can correct this deficiency of nonfictional poetics.
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