Abstract
In Mid-Tang dynasty, self-annotations to poems were frequently practiced in Bai Juyi (772—846), Yuan Zhen (779—831) and other poets. This act as an extension of literary creation became an important means to assist their poetic expression, and it showed strong audience awareness. This act was especially practiced when poets edited their works for an expected interpretation of their works in later reading. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen's desire to be memorized by later generations appeared to be stronger than other poets of their age. Bai Juyi assumed a relatively lower expectation of his readers, so he made many annotations to familiar literary allusions. The method of self-annotations, while facilitating the understanding of poems, narrowed down the space of interpretation.
First Page
148
Last Page
156
Recommended Citation
Yu, Zhiyue. 2016. "The Audience Awareness in the Self-Annotations among Mid-Tang Poets such as Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 36, (1): pp.148-156. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol36/iss1/17
