MU DAN'S POEM 'REVELATION', THE BIBLE AND WESTERN MODERNISM

• Authors: Yan Liu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this paper is to unscramble the Christian elements in Revelation by Mu Dan, a modern Chinese poet. Mu Dan borrowed them from the Holy Bible and Western modernist literature, which made his poetry unique. The books of Psalms Ecclesiastes and Job from the Holy Bible motivated him to use prayer as a literature form in Revelation. Mu Dan's religious poems have enriched our thinking about human civilization and the meaning of life. They also provide a special perspective to understand the modern Chinese intellectuals interested in Christian belief and the difficulties they have encountered.

Keywords

EN

BIBLE; CHINESE POETRY; CHRISTIANITY; MU DAN; PRAYER; REVELATION; WEST MODERNISM

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 220-236
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Yan Liu

• Institute for Transcultural Studies, Beijing International Studies University, No. 1 Dingfuzhuang Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100024, China

• Liu Yan, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA09339