Author(s)

Zhenrui Wan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Literature, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, China

Corresponding Author

Zhenrui Wan

ABSTRACT

In his work "Chinese Traditional Poetry and Poetics: The World's Signs", Stephen Owen establishes a poetic theory of the "non-fiction" tradition in Chinese literature. This theory and the Poetic-Historical Theory demonstrate mutual interpretation across three dimensions: At the authenticity level, the "empirical truth" of non-fiction and the "recording spirit" of poetic history achieve dialectical unity; at the narrative level, the ideological tendency of using poetry to verify history and document historical events intertwines with the scene reconstruction and dialogue recording in non-fiction; at the reality engagement level, both approaches respond to reality through literature, forming spiritual resonance. Their mutual interpretation provides a cross-cultural dialogue paradigm for classical literary studies, offering insights into reconstructing the concept of "authenticity" and the path of literary localization.

KEYWORDS

Nonfiction; Poetry History; Chinese Classical Literature

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhenrui Wan, From "Objective Record" to "Poetic History Interpretation"- Stephen Owen's Discussion of the Tradition of "Nonfiction" in Chinese Literature and the Theory of Poetry and History. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2025) Vol. 8: 89-95. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2025.080414.

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