The Research of Chiu Chin's Poetry and Verse

• Main Authors: Mei-Wen Lung, 龍美雯
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18769000798151294460

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 中國文學系碩士在職專班 === 94 === Abstract The ascent of female status is a distinctive index when we ponder the process of　modernization of China. The influence brought by the arousal of female consciousness in the Late Ching Dynasty is still huge now. Chiu Chin is indispensable in the history of modern woman's movement. She was not only a revolutionary but also a poet, although she did not manage to devote herself to creation of literary works. Previous researches focused on pan-political interpretations, emphasizing her role as a female revolutionary. The research focuses on interpretating Chiu Chin as a literary giant, discussing how she manisfested her female consciousness in her poetry and verse. The first chapter accounts for the motivation, purpose, domain and method of this research. The organization of texts and circulation of Chiu Chin works and the summary of researches on Chiu Chin are presented. The second chapter explores Chiu Chin's life. It is constructed repectively from four aspects︰her family background, marriage, friendship and revolutionary business. Her mental process from a maiden to a female revolutionary is also expressed. The third chapter discusses the subjects and topics of Chiu Chin poetry and verse. The subjects are divided into four categories︰subjective mood and objective scenery, personal ideals and social reality, interpersonal relationship, and emotions of marriage and family. The topics are categorized as three aspects︰the self-orientation of the role as a hero, the thirst for spiritual communication of intimate friends, and the ultimate concern about home and country. The theme though all of Chiu Chin's literary works is her personal heroism, which contributes to the later transvesting and revolution. The fourth chapter discusses the form and style of Chiu Chin's poetry and verse, among the features of Gehsingti are closely examined, which responds to the revolution of poetry. The transition of fashion of Chiu Chin's poetry and verse is also discussed through the combination of external and internal factors. The fifth chapter discusses the influence of Chiu Chin's poetry and verse in the history of literary. Her literary works expanded the contents of female works of poetry and verse, revealing female involvement in social reform. Her recolutionary poetry also influenced the contemporary poets of Nan She. The sixth chapter is conclusion. As a female revolutionary, Chiu Chin crossed the boundary of traditional woman, synchronizing with the times. As a female literate giant, she expressed high female consciousness and mood of ideal people, and feminacy and martialism. She represented contents of different levels of women from internal to external, old to new, individual to country, responding to the trend in the innovation of prose style.