A Brief Analysis of the Development Course of the Contemporary Poetry
Abstract: The Chinese contemporary poetry covers three development stages: the collectivized writing stage from 1949 to 1976, the grouped writing stage from 1976 to 1989 and the individualized writing stage from 1989 up to now. The poetry writing at every stage had formed its own characteristics of subject matter, topic and expression appearance. The development course of the contemporary poetry had made clear that the poetry writing not only can witness the spiritual condition of a certain era but also can participate in the spiritual constructing of the era availably. In other words, the change of the contemporary poetry was not only limited by the cultural context of a certain era but also was the result of the interacting between the ideology and the poetic discourse practice.
Key words: contemporary poetry; collectivized writing; grouped writing; individualized writing