A Daoist perspective on George Oppen's poetry and poetics
| dc.contributor | Lazer, Hank | |
| dc.contributor | Beidler, Philip D. | |
| dc.contributor | Wittman, Emily Ondine | |
| dc.contributor | White, Heather Cass | |
| dc.contributor | Fox, Thomas C. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Lazer, Hank | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yang, Xiaosheng | |
| dc.contributor.other | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-01T17:40:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-01T17:40:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 205 p. | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.other | u0015_0000001_0002237 | |
| dc.identifier.other | Yang_alatus_0004D_12674 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/2592 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Alabama Libraries | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | born digital | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections | |
| dc.rights | All rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated. | en_US |
| dc.subject | American literature | |
| dc.subject | Comparative literature | |
| dc.subject | Asian literature | |
| dc.title | A Daoist perspective on George Oppen's poetry and poetics | en_US |
| dc.type | thesis | |
| dc.type | text | |
| etdms.degree.department | University of Alabama. Department of English | |
| etdms.degree.discipline | English | |
| etdms.degree.grantor | The University of Alabama | |
| etdms.degree.level | doctoral | |
| etdms.degree.name | Ph.D. |
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