“The Poetics of Presence”

Space structure and identity cognition of “the other” in Yesi’s poem

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-253-8_22How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Yesi; present poetics; post-colonialism; Hong Kong literature; Diaspora literature; the Third Space

Abstract

Yesi’s poetics has always been the topic of discussion in the field of Hong Kong literature and post-colonial literature, and under the background of post-colonial, there is bound to be the emergence of diasporic literature. Under the main title of “The Poetics of Presence”, this paper reexamines the conclusions in the poems of Yesi and expounds on the characteristics and causes of “the poetics of presence” by using the spatial structure of “the third space” proposed by Homi Bhaba, a postcolonial theorist, and the cognitive problems of poets’ multiple identities. For Hong Kong literature, “diaspora” and “presence” seem to be in opposition to each other, but in fact, in the complex post-modern context, they penetrate and blend with each other. This paper takes the poetry of Jes, a typical diaspora writer, as the research object, and discusses the complex diaspora literature of Hong Kong and locals through his unique poetic features.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yunxin Zhu
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/05/28
TI  - “The Poetics of Presence”
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 3rd International Conference on Humanities, Wisdom Education and Service Management (HWESM 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 175
EP  - 187
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-253-8_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-253-8_22
ID  - Zhu2024
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