凯文?杨简论
2021-11-13张琴
内容摘要:凯文·杨是美国当代著名非裔诗人、人文与科学院院士,同时也是著名的诗歌编撰家和评论家。他的诗歌以黑人文化为根本,坚持诗歌与其它艺术形式之间的双重对话,大胆地进行诗歌艺术实验,将爵士乐、布鲁斯、涂鸦、黑色电影等融入诗歌中,始终保持着开放性、杂糅性和试验性的写作风格。同时,杨以现代视野来重新发掘非裔民族的历史与文化。他对于特定非裔历史的书写,以及个人经验与情感的表达,都体现了其个性化的历史意识。
关键词:凯文·杨;美国非裔诗歌;艺术实验;历史书写
基金项目:本文是国家社科基金重大项目“美国非裔文学史翻译与研究”(13&ZD127)、教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目“当代美国华裔女性文学的空间诗学”(项目编号17YJC752041)的阶段性成果。
作者简介:张琴,文学博士,华中师范大学外国语学院公共外语系副教授,主要从事美国华裔文学研究。
Title: Kevin Young: A Critical Review
Abstract: Kevin Young is a leading contemporary American poet, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and major poetry editor and critic. As a poet, Young insists on the dialogue between poetry and other forms of mass culture. His artistic experiment in poetry, deeply rooted in African American culture, has integrated the stylistic elements of jazz, the blues, graffiti paintings and film noir into poems, and therefore, is characterized by being highly open, hybrid and revolutionary. By rewriting particular African American history, and by presenting complex issues and emotions in poetic form, Young tries to explore the African American history, both public and personal, in a new way, which shows his acute sense of history.
Key words: Kevin Young; African American poetry; artistic experiment; history writing
Author: Zhang Qin, Ph. D. in American Literature, is associate professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University (Wuhan 430079, China). Her recent research focuses on American literature. E-mail: sereneworld@163.com
凱文·杨(Kevin Young, 1970-)是美国当代著名非裔诗人、非虚构类作家、编撰家,其作品常强烈地表现出对于美国非裔历史与文化传统的关注。他的诗歌创作主题包括美国奴隶制度遗风、美国内战及其影响、美国非裔在南方腹地的生活,以及他自己的童年生活。杨的长篇诗歌集通常围绕具体的文化现象展开,包括布鲁斯音乐、黑色电影、美国表现主义艺术家让-米歇尔·巴斯奎特(Jean-Michel Basquiat)的视觉艺术作品等。凯文·杨曾获得多项研究基金和文学奖项,其作品也得到文学评论界的关注,是美国重要的当代诗人之一。……
