Abstract
The “structure of ci-poetry” was raised in the 1990s， and Wu Shichang was established as the main initiator of this theoretical paradigm. In fact， the “structure of ci-poetry” was not the creation of any single individual， but had its origins in the long history of ci-poetry. Among them， the importance of Chen Xun's Remarks on Ci-poetry cannot be ignored. Through close reading， Chen's work incorporated theoretical terms into its interpreting system and provided large-scale structural analyses of Wu Wenying's ci-poetry， embodying a prototype of the paradigm of “structure of ci-poetry”. Its interpretation of Wu Wenying's ci-poetry had two connotations： the concealment and progression of meaning in the spatial structure of ci-poetry， and the interlude， expansion and contraction of the temporal structure with the extension of emotional quality in it. Adopting this approach， Chen Xun's Remarks on Ci-poetry extended its analyses to the criticism of Zhou Bangyan's and Xin Qiji's ci-poetry， forming a preliminary yet general theoretical structure that promoted the paradigm shift from impressionistic comment to structural analysis and the modern occurrence of ci-poetry criticism.
Keywords
Chen Xun, Wu Wenying's ci-poetry, structure of ci-poetry, paradigm shift, modern criticism of ci-poetry
First Page
174
Last Page
183
Recommended Citation
Hei, Bai. 2022. "Chen Xun‘s Explanation of the Structure of Wu Wenying’s Ci-poetry and Its Significance in the History of Ci-poetry." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 42, (6): pp.174-183. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol42/iss6/19
