Research on Poetry Theories in the Modern

Founded in Shanghai, China in 1930s, Modern presented a literary aspect different from the realistic literary works of left-wing writers for reason that its editor in chief maintained an editing concept of "being left-wing in politics and freedom in literature and art"(1) and a literary pursuit full of modern consciousness. As a result, the Journal not only interacted with left-wing writers but also subjected to intense ideological attacks from left-wing writers. Aiming at maintaining in simultaneous development pace with modern world literature, the Journal initiatively and actively translated and introduced the "emerging literatures and top literatures: it refers to all new literature patterns from Soviet Union to Western Europe, and British and America"(2). Nobody may ignore its agility, courage and enthusiasm in giving response to the world literature trend in the 20th century. In the Journal, foreign literature and local literature formed a benign interaction. Foreign literature provided Chinese intellectuals with a fresh sense of understanding the world. Activated by foreign literature, Chinese new sensualistic novel and modernistic poetry were generated, taking the Journal as the base. In the Journal, a total of 14 native original poetry theories were published, which showed the Journal writers' thinking about poetry problems. In those poetry theories, there were both comments on specific poets and poems, and discussion on the content and form of poetry. What's more, they provided a theoretical basis for the formation of Chinese modernistic poetry genre.