Gaston Bachelard's poetics of fire psychoanalysis : the analysis of Bian Zhilin poetry's fire imagery = Jiasidong Bashenla huo de jing shen shi xue li lun : Bian Zhilin xin shi huo yi xiang yun yong tan xi

Abstract

The dissertation is the analysis of famous modern poet Bian Zhilin’s fire imagery in his poems. Dividing Bian Zhilin’s poems into five periods according to the year sequence, it is found that there is high proportion of fire imagery in each period according to the statistical data of the dissertation. As imagery contains poet’s subconsciousness , studying the fire imagery with connect to the history background, helps us reveal the changes of poet’s spirit.

The dissertation mainly uses Gaston Bachelard’s poetics of fire psychoanalysis to analyze the fire imagery of Bian Zhilin’s poems. Gaston Bachelard’s poetics include several complex, which are the complex of Prometheus, complex of Empedokles, complex of Novalis, complex of Hoffmann, complex of candle flame and complex of pure fire. The trend of the aboved complex indicated in the poems varies among different periods. In conclusion, there is a change from negative spirit with a load of disappointment and loneliness to positive spirit with optimistic attitude of Bian Zhilin. At last, Bian Zhilin revolves to serene mind in his later years.