The Ancient Wellspring and the Source of the Future： The Creation of New Poetry and the New Man in Lu Xun＇s On the Power of Mara Poetry  

作　　者：Hongsheng Jiang 

机构地区：[1]Department of Chinese Language and Literature,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Literary Studies in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2012年第3期337-353,共17页中国高等学校学术文摘·文学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Focusing on literary tradition and innovation, this paper examines Lu Xun＇s poetics as represented in his early treatise On the Power of Mara Poetry （Moluo shi li shuo）. As a leading writer and thinker deeply engaged in the dramatic social and cultural transformations taking place in early twentieth- century China, Lu Xun was very concerned about how to build up the New Man and new society via new literature. Advocating Maratic poets who are full of the spirit of revolt and nonconformity, Lu Xun endeavored to disturb and reinvigorate Chinese minds by bringing in foreign dynamics and energies based upon modem individualism and humanism. At the same time, Lu Xun insisted that, while moving toward a bright future, people should constantly consider China＇s prosperous past. For Lu Xun, tradition was still of great relevance in creating and nurturing new poetry, new men, and a new society. To simply lump Lu Xun together with pure anti-traditionalists is problematic. Lu Xun is commonly seen as an iconoclastic pioneer in modem China; however, I argue that Lu Xun demonstrated a dialectical reflection on the relationship between tradition and modernity. Actually, Lu Xun envisioned a process by which, galvanized by imported Maratic spirit, selected cultural legacies would undergo modem reconfiguration and revitalization.Focusing on literary tradition and innovation, this paper examines Lu Xun＇s poetics as represented in his early treatise On the Power of Mara Poetry （Moluo shi li shuo）. As a leading writer and thinker deeply engaged in the dramatic social and cultural transformations taking place in early twentieth- century China, Lu Xun was very concerned about how to build up the New Man and new society via new literature. Advocating Maratic poets who are full of the spirit of revolt and nonconformity, Lu Xun endeavored to disturb and reinvigorate Chinese minds by bringing in foreign dynamics and energies based upon modem individualism and humanism. At the same time, Lu Xun insisted that, while moving toward a bright future, people should constantly consider China＇s prosperous past. For Lu Xun, tradition was still of great relevance in creating and nurturing new poetry, new men, and a new society. To simply lump Lu Xun together with pure anti-traditionalists is problematic. Lu Xun is commonly seen as an iconoclastic pioneer in modem China; however, I argue that Lu Xun demonstrated a dialectical reflection on the relationship between tradition and modernity. Actually, Lu Xun envisioned a process by which, galvanized by imported Maratic spirit, selected cultural legacies would undergo modem reconfiguration and revitalization.

关 键 词：Lu Xun Mara new poetry warriors of the spirit the New Man anti-materialism grabbism 

分 类 号：I210.97[文学—中国文学] K25[历史地理—历史学]