Author(s)

Chuyue Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Nanjing Foreign Language School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210018, China

Corresponding Author

Chuyue Wang

ABSTRACT

This essay will first show the relatively high popularity of Yehuda Amichai's poetry in China and then try to explore the crucial variable that facilitates this popularity. In doing so, the essay will prove the idea that Zhongyong is a fundamental feature of Chinese poetry and that this cultural preference extends to foreign poetry as well. This essay then argues that poetry, which embodies the principle of Zhongyong, namely Doctrine of the Mean, is likely to find a receptive audience in China, and that the thematic and stylistic elements in Amichai's poetry, which was designated as beynayim (in-between-ness) resonate with Chinese readers due to their intrinsic similarities to Zhongyong, the traditional Chinese poetic values. In doing so, this essay suggests that Amichai's poetry, characterized by its harmonious qualities similar to Zhongyong, indeed has the potential to become quite popular in China.

KEYWORDS

Yehuda Amichai; beynayim; Zhongyong; Poetry in China

CITE THIS PAPER

Chuyue Wang, Resonance and Reception: The Appeal of Yehuda Amichai's Poetry in China through the Lens of Zhongyong and Beynayim. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 142-146. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070623.

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