Abstract:The comparative study of classical Chinese poetry and Western poetry has always been praised by many scholars, especially from the image perspective. And Li Qingzhao and Emily Dickinson are the two outstanding female poets in the area of poetry. Though they lived in different countries with different social systems, with unique insights and imagination, they created lots of images in their poems. This paper, based on the theory of imagism, attempts to analyze similar characters in Emily Dickinson’s and Li Qingzhao’s poems and different usage of images in their works so as to reflect the two poets’ inner world and deepen the common understanding of their poems.  .  

Key words:Emily Dickinson;Li Qingzhao;imagism;similarities and differences

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

  1.1 Brief Introduction to Emily Dickinson and Li Qingzhao-1

  1.2 Previous Studies on Emily Dickinson’s and Li Qingzhao’s Poems-2

2. Imagism-3

  2.1 Origin and Definition of Imagism-3

  2.2 Definition and Classifications of Image-4

3. Images in Emily Dickinson’s and Li Qingzhao’s Poems-5

  3.1 The Similar Characters in Emily Dickinson’s and Li Qingzhao’s Poems-5

     3.1.1 Shortness and Concentration-6

     3.1.2 Direct Treatment of Images-7

  3.2 The Different Usage of Images in Emily Dickinson’s and Li Qingzhao’s Poems-9

     3.2.1 Dickinson’s Images of Death and Home-10

     3.2.2 Li Qingzhao’s Image of Flowers-12

4. Causes of Similarities and Differences in Emily Dickinson’s and Li Qingzhao’s Poems-14

  4.1 Social Backgrounds-14

  4.2 Personal Experiences-15

5. Conclusion-18

References-20