Symphonic Poetry of Romanticism：A Study about Yang Mu “Shan-feng Hai-yu, Fang-xiang Gui-ling and Xi Wo Wang Yi”
Resource
臺大中文學報, 13, 163-186
Journal
臺大中文學報
Journal Issue
13
Pages
163-186
Date Issued
2000-12
Date
2000-12
Author(s)
Hao, Y.H.
Abstract
In Shan-feng Hai-yu, Fang-xiang Gui-ling and Xi Wo Wang Yi Yang Mu tries to describe the process of how becomes a Renaissance Man. These three books are the very important gateways to Yang Mu's literary works, and they also represent how Yang Mu combines reality and fiction in prose. This essay discusses these three books' motifs and writings separately, and declares: "Biao-li Cha-yi" (the difference between outside and inside) is the main theme of Shan-feng Hai-yu. It develops a list of binary oppositions: death/life, pure/cruel, peace/ murder and so on. This kind of binary opposition makes "me" feel sad and doubt is just the beginning of "poetry". Therefore "Shan-feng Hai-yu" (wind of the mountains and rains of the sea) symbolizes the great conflict that the poet faces. In Fang-xiang Gui-ling Yang mu uses a narrative voice of a teenager to discuss about "language". It says how language is distoreted under high pressure of martial law. The poet decides to escape from the real world and then devotes himself to a imaginary world of "words". He tries to find originality of language and creates a paradise of beauty and goodness beyond real world by words. This poet becomes mature in Xi Wo Wang Yi. He knows the meanings of poetry clearly and takes it as a secret weapon to against surroundings. 'Secret' is a conclusion of all these three books. It declares literature belongs to a very personal, independent and private world. Through this world the poet feels great happiness. These three books are not only biographical prose but also a work of Taiwanese history, contradiction of races and changes of government. They also show the positive meaning of Romanticism that is the spirit of challenging authority. These three books are not only prose but also fiction and poetry. They also represent the flexibility of modern prose.
Subjects
浪漫主義
現代散文
楊牧
山風海雨
方向歸零
昔我往矣
Romanticism
Modern prose
Yang Mu
Shan-feng Hai-yu
Fang-xiang gui-ling
Xi wo wang yi
SDGs
Type
journal article