Malaysian Chinese’s Poetry In The Early Postwar Period:Spatial And Regional Evolution

By using Malaysian Chinese poetry in the Early Postwar Period as the object of research,the further elaboration of China national self-determination movement impact on national self-determination movement in Malaya.Malaya was once a British colony,which has led to the colonial period and a period of public emergency.Nanyang Siang Pau(Nanyang Business Daily)supplement as the main literary publishing,the purpose of this study is,to explore the influence and development relationship between the "maternal" Chinese poetry(the romanticism,the symbolism,the modernists and "QiYue" magazine poetry),and its "heir",Malaysian Chinese Poetry.Analyzing the whole process,on how the old Malaysian Chinese poetry break through the "time art" of the rhyme in traditional poems,evolving into the new poems of the post-war,in which their musical rhythm were preserved and their "spatial art" were valued.In this study,the ’spatial’ structure of poetry were divided into "Exterior spatial" and "Interior spatial".The "Exterior Spatial" analyses the historical connotation and social consciousness of Malaysian Chinese poetry,while the"Interior Spatial" analyses the relationship between the poetry and the visual arts aesthetic of the poetry.In the theory category of cultural geography,this study also explores the deepening proces,s of the concept of "land" in Malaysian Chinese writers of post-war and pre-war,by combing through the evolution of these characteristics,"Colorfulness of Nanyang(Southern Ocean)","Localism"(1920s)and“Local Consciousness”(1930s),which are found in Malaysian Chinese literatures.Malaysian Chinese literature in the Early Postwar Period has a unique characteristic,which is the concept of "land ".The literatures are distinguished mainly by the "difference" of region,focusing on specific region,area and locals,which constitute specific terrain and customs.Malaysian Chinese writers from the Early Postwar Period were analyzed in this study,on how they break through the"fragmented" writing about Nanyang(South Ocean),to make the poems as a map,which gives a divergent effect.Thus,using the description of nature within the poem as the geographical coordinates,the distribution of Malaysian Chinese writers in East Malaysia,West Malaysia,South Malaysia and North Malaysia were recorded.Analysis on the Regional Differences and the Folk Cultural Features of the Malaysian Chinese literature.