A Brief Discussion to ZHOU Yaping's Poetic Form Experiments

In a country like China where extreme priority is given to morality essences over literature,every revolution shows great respect to literary independence,and accordingly has milestone significance and leaves a strong influence in following literary writing practice.At the same time,form experiments in Chinese modern poetry are also in progress intermittently.Throughout the 1980s and 1990s,a non-government run journal Yuan Yang assembled a team of poets who clearly put forward experiment theory,and carried it out in practice.ZHOU Yaping was one of the representatives,who held that only form mattered most in poetry,while thought was restricted in a superficial constraint.His creative writing practice echoed his theory: Firstly,he experimented with language itself(words) in the manipulation of spontaneous,random and abnormal associations,besides gorgeous sensational words and phrases.Secondly,he emphasized restoration of specific postures and basic components through description in his observation and presentation,putting his interest in things themselves over any great thoughts.Finally,this paper also discusses some overlooked problems involved in ZHOU Yaping's experiments.