2007•Journal of Yunnan Normal UniversityRequires access
On the Definition of "Poetic Prose"
Chen Chaohui
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Abstract
Poetic prose is a new genre that is a combination of with prose.Poetic prose has the free prose-like style and the poetry-like core.It is not a simple record of life but a poetic representation of the spirit of life.It aims not only at the truthful description of daily life but also at the revealing of the spiritual life,an intrinsic and extrinsic harmony.Prose-like poetry is closer to while poetic prose is closer to prose.However,either the general structure,or the meter and rhyme,or the diction or implications of poetic prose have the traits of poetry.