Shu Ting

Shu Ting
(née Gong Peiyu)
b. 1952, Futian
Poet
Shu Ting is an important and influential poet especially in the years immediately after the Cultural Revolution Her love poems in particular enjoyed a large readership in the early 1980s. Shu spent three years working in the countryside and eight years in a light-bulb factory before becoming a professional writer in 1980. Shu’s first published poem, ‘To the Oak Tree’ (Zhi xiangshu, 1978), appeared in Today (Jintian), an underground journal run by the dissident poet Bei Dao. Since then her name has become entwined with Bei Dao and his associates, known as the Misty poets (Menglong shiren; see Misty poetry). Like most of these poets, Shu rejects the formulaic and slogan-like language as well as the stereotypical feelings that characterize much of socialist realistic poetry. She digs into the predicament of human existence, for example ‘On the Assembly Line’ (Liushuixian), and at the same time attempts to give voice to personalized feelings.
For the most part, Shu Ting is read as a ‘female’ poet in the sense of being a poet who explores sexual difference. ‘To the Oak Tree’ in particular describes an awakening of sexual consciousness expressed in the search for the ideal male figure. Shu’s construction of this imaginative figure is the first contemporary projection of self-identity by a Chinese woman writer. It is revisionist and subversive of the desexualized image of male and female revolutionaries represented in the didactic works of the Mao era (see sexual attitudes) ‘To the Oak Tree’ marks a transition from Maoist politics to a burgeoning interest in the variety of human experience in the post-Mao era.
Chen, Xiaomei (1995). Occidentalism: A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kubin, Wolfgang (1988). ‘Writing with your Body: Literature as a Wound—Remarks on the Poetry of Shu Ting’. Modern Chinese Literature 4.1/2:149–62.
Shu, Ting (1994). Selected Poems. An Authorized Collection. Trans. Eva Hung. Hong Kong: Renditions.
——(1995). Mist of My Heart: Selected Poems of Shu Ting. Trans. Gordon Osing and De-an Wu Swihart. Beijing: Panda Books.
HE DONGHUI

Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture. . 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Shu Ting — (born 1952) is the pseudonyms of Gong Peiyu, a Chinese poet. Shu Ting was born in Jinjiang, Fujian province. During the Cultural Revolution, she was sent to the countryside until 1973. Back in Fujian she had to work at construction sites and… …   Wikipedia

  • Leung Ting — (Aussprache (hochchin.) Liang Ting, Aussprache (kant). Löing Ting, * 28. Februar 1947, Hong Kong) ist ein Kampfkünstler eines Zweiges der chinesischen Kampfkunst Wing Chun, den er unter dem von ihm in den USA geschützten Namen Wing Tsun vertritt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tendai-shu — Die Tendai shū (jap. 天台宗) ist eine auf dem Lotos Sutra basierende Schule des Buddhismus in Japan, die von den beiden Klostertempeln Enryaku ji und Mii dera während der Heian Zeit neben der rivalisierenden Shingon shū die religiöse Landschaft… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tendai-shū — Statue des Saichō im Hōshakuzan Nōfuku ji (宝積山 能福寺), Kōbe Die Tendai shū (jap. 天台宗) ist eine auf dem Lotos Sutra basierende Schule des Buddhismus in Japan, die von den beiden Klostertempeln Enryaku ji und Mii dera während der …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Su Ting — (蘇頲) (680 July 31, 737 [ [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2 dyna=%AD%F0 king=%A5%C8%A9v reign=%B6%7D%A4%B8 yy=15 ycanzi= mm=7 dd= dcanzi=%A4v%A5f 兩千年中西曆轉換 ] ] ), courtesy name Tingshuo (廷碩), [According to the biographies of …   Wikipedia

  • Li Ting — Dans ce nom chinois, le nom de famille, Li, précède le prénom.  Ne pas confondre avec Li Fang et Li Na, également joueuses de tennis. Li Ting …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Li Ting — Estadísticas de Li Ting Li Ting Origen: Hubei,  China Fecha de Nacimiento: 5 de enero de …   Wikipedia Español

  • Moonlight Resonance — (溏心風暴之家好月圓) Moonlight Resonance Official Poster Genre Modern Drama (Grand Production) Format High Definition …   Wikipedia

  • Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics — Chinese Taipei at the Olympic Games Chi …   Wikipedia

  • Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics — Chinese Taipei at the Olympic Games Chi …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”