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Towards the Way of “Individuation”: A Preliminary Study of Lo Chih-cheng’s The Invisible Bird

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2014, (34), pp.377-402
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2014..34.016
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 28, 2014

鄭振偉 1

1澳門大學

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper uses some concepts from the psychoanalytic theory of C.G. Jung, including anima, wise old man, mandala, individuation, together with the concept of sacred space from Mircea Eliade, to analyse the poems by Mr Lo Chih-cheng. The focus will be on his newly published work The Invisible Bird. Some of his poems and poetic discourses will also be employed to illuminate this lyric poem. In this contemporary age, there appears some sort of dissonance between the human psyche and modern society, which probably gives Lo, the poet, a feeling of solitude. The author of this article intends to point out that Lo is able to communicate with his inner anima, whom he calls Baobao, Dear R, Alice, W, Dear Q, etc., and achieve equilibrium in his psyche. He then sees the totality of the psyche with the born of his son. And the bird cage that inspired his work The Invisible Bird is a representation of a mandala, symbolizing the harmony of the psyche.

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