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Title |
Yang Mu: A Game-Changer in Modern Poetry in Taiwan |
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Author |
Michelle Yeh |
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Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California at Davis, U.S.A. |
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Abstract |
This paper proposes the concept of Game-Changer as a new way of analyzing literary history. As a case study, it examines the evolution of Yang Mu (a.k.a. Ye Shan, C. H. Wang, b. 1940), from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, as a poet and, eventually, a Game-Changer. The study pays special attention to the literary field from the postwar period through the 1970s, in which Yang developed his art and poetics; the various kinds of capital he had at his command; and the formative influence he exerted on the poetry scene. |
