Part 1. The Chinese Language as a Medium of Poetic Expression 1. The Structure of Chinese Characters 2. Implications and Associations of Words and Characters 3. Auditory Effects of Chinese and the Bases of Versification 4. Some Grammatical Aspects of the Language of Poetry 5. Some Chinese Concepts and Ways of Thinking and Feeling Part 2. Some Traditional Chinese Views on Poetry 6. The Didactic View: Poetry as Moral Instruction and Social Comment 7. The Individualist View: Poetry as Self-Expression 8. The Technical View: Poetry as Literary Exercise 9. The Institutionalist View: Poetry as Contemplation Part 3. Towards a Synthesis 10. Poetry as Exploration of Worlds and of Language 11. Imagery and Symbolism 12. Allusions, Quotations and Derivations 13. Antithesis
Biography
James J.Y. Liu
