The expression form of this poem is contrary to the poet's early "modern period" that deliberately hammered out words and sentences, painstakingly managed images and contradictory grammar, and pursued the effect of defamiliarization to make shocking words. In the obscurity Instead of seeking profound features, pursue a tranquil and harmonious aesthetic style. Using simplicity to replace complexity, using simplicity to win, can be regarded as the most gorgeous, and return to plainness.
Appreciation of "Nostalgia"
1. In terms of content
In chronological order, from "Oedipus" to "Youth Lovesickness", to "Young Love" in adulthood. Between life and death", and then to the feelings for the motherland, the evolving emotions gradually rise, embodying the vicissitudes of the poet's entire life experience from childhood to old age.
The two ends of nostalgia at different stages are: I - mother; I - bride; I (life) - mother (death); I (wanderer) - mainland (motherland). The object of nostalgia ranges from the concrete "township" to the abstract national "township", from a regional hometown to a historical hometown and a cultural hometown. "Nostalgia" gradually accumulates rich connotations and expressive power.
2. In terms of form
The four paragraphs are basically the same in terms of word count and sentence structure: "... (adverbial adverb of time), nostalgia is... (as the embodiment of image)" "The carrier of nostalgia"), I am on this side,... (the specific object of "nostalgia") on the other side." Completed in one go, going back and forth, it seems to be a song and three sighs of emotion, with lingering sounds that last forever.
The language of poetry is pure and light, straightforward and meaningful. Adjectives with overlapping sounds such as "small", "narrow", "dwarf" and "qianqian" are used to modify the central image and enhance the vividness of the language.
Extended information:
Introduction to "Nostalgia":
It is a modern poem written by the modern poet Yu Guangzhong in 1972. In the poem, the temporal words "when I was a child", "when I grew up", "later" and "now" are used throughout the poem. The abstract nostalgia is embodied by real objects such as stamps, ship tickets, graves and straits, and summarizes the poet's The long life course and the endless nostalgia for the motherland reveal the poet's deep sense of history. The language of the whole poem is simple and straightforward, and the emotions are profound.
It has been selected into the middle school Chinese textbooks of the Chinese Publishing House and the middle school Chinese textbooks of the People's Education Publishing House.
About the author:
Yu Guangzhong’s ancestral home is Yongchun, Fujian. In 1947, he studied in the Foreign Languages ??Department of Jinling University and transferred to Xiamen University the following year. In the same year, he went to Hong Kong with his parents and to Taiwan the following year. Graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages ??and Literature at National Taiwan University in 1952. In 1957, he edited the weekly "Blue Star". In 1959, he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in the United States. Chief editor of "Modern Literature" and "Literary Star". From 1974 to 1985, he served as professor of the Chinese Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1985, he returned to Taiwan to teach. He has published poetry collections such as "In the Age of the Cold War", "White Jade Bitter Melon", "Sirius", "Ode to Bauhinia", and "Night Watch".
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