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Non-poetic Causes to the Neo-poetry Revolution and the Chinese Oral Language Poetry

Ke Wang

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In fact,at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century,in order to break the stylistic monopoly,Chinese poetry,which has a long history,needed the stylistic revolution in which it uses Chinese oral language and free verse instead of classic Chinese and the classic Chinese poetry.By the way,there is no extreme free verse revolution.But the social revolution is the important reason for the revolution of Neo-poetry,especially the five non-poetic history things:the vanishing of imperial examination system,the movement of studying abroad,the movement of missionary work,the booming of modern newspapers and the movement of mass education.These things have changed the function of Chinese poetry greatly as well as the style of Chinese poetry.So the revolution of Neo-poetry and the Chinese oral language poetry were born in the special time.They are the outcome not only of the stylistic reform of Chinese poetry but also of the social reform of China.

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In fact,at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century,in order to break the stylistic monopoly,Chinese poetry,which has a long history,needed the stylistic revolution in which it uses Chinese oral language and free verse instead of classic Chinese and the classic Chinese poetry.By the way,there is no extreme free verse revolution.But the social revolution is the important reason for the revolution of Neo-poetry,especially the five non-poetic history things:the vanishing of imperial examination system,the movement of studying abroad,the movement of missionary work,the booming of modern newspapers and the movement of mass education.These things have changed the function of Chinese poetry greatly as well as the style of Chinese poetry.So the revolution of Neo-poetry and the Chinese oral language poetry were born in the special time.They are the outcome not only of the stylistic reform of Chinese poetry but also of the social reform of China.

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In fact,at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century,in order to break the stylistic monopoly,Chinese poetry,which has a long history,needed the stylistic revolution in which it uses Chinese oral language and free verse instead of classic Chinese and the classic Chinese poetry.By the way,there is no extreme free verse revolution.But the social revolution is the important reason for the revolution of Neo-poetry,especially the five non-poetic history things:the vanishing of imperial examination system,the movement of studying abroad,the movement of missionary work,the booming of modern newspapers and the movement of mass education.These things have changed the function of Chinese poetry greatly as well as the style of Chinese poetry.So the revolution of Neo-poetry and the Chinese oral language poetry were born in the special time.They are the outcome not only of the stylistic reform of Chinese poetry but also of the social reform of China.

Key concepts: Poetry, Chinese poetry, Spoken word, Literature, China, Classical Chinese poetry, Style (visual arts), History

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