A Daoist perspective on George Oppen's poetry and poetics

I use Daoist principles of ontological simplicity and the unmediated relationship between man and the ten thousand things to analyze George Oppen’s poems and poetics. First, I conduct a survey of the current state of American poetry studies and Oppen studies in China. Second, I examine Oppen’s poetics of “a language of silence.” Third, I seek the compatibility between the two Daoist principles and Oppen’s poetic philosophy of silence and clarity. Fourth, I interpret Oppen’s representative poems, particularly his only long poem, “Of Being Numerous” through a Daoist perspective. Finally, I analyze two Chinese scholars’ translations of the first section of “Route,” and I also give an account on how I translate “Of Being Numerous” into Chinese.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Alabama Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Xiaosheng

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lazer, Hank

Contributors dc:contributor

• Beidler, Philip D.
• Wittman, Emily Ondine
• White, Heather Cass
• Fox, Thomas C.

• American literature
• Comparative literature
• Asian literature

Statement dc:rights

• All rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US, English

Dc Identifier Other

u0015_0000001_0002237
Yang_alatus_0004D_12674

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ir.ua.edu:123456789/2592