A Brief Discussion on Ma Yan’s Poetry Creation

Abstract

This paper takes the late Hui poet Ma Yan’s life as a starting point to examine her poetry creation over more than a decade from two aspects: ideological characteristics and artistic features. It mainly involves the forward-looking nature of Ma Yan’s poetic thought and the responsibilities she sought to undertake in her poetry, as well as Ma Yan’s unique accomplishments and pioneering spirit in the art of poetry. By employing a close reading method, the reseacher analyzes the reasons for the strong appeal of Ma Yan’s poetry, summarizes the excellent quality of Ma Yan’s poetry, and then draws inferences the position Ma Yan should obtain in the history of contemporary Chinese poetry.