Three dimensions of the poetic spirit of Shenzhen since the reform and opening-up
改革开放以来深圳诗歌精神的三个面向

摘要

作为中国改革开放的象征性城市，深圳四十多年来不仅创造了经济奇迹，也孕育了独特的诗歌景观。通过对改革开放以来大量深圳诗歌文本的阅读，结合深圳四十多年来的社会文化转型，可以发现深圳诗歌精神呈现出三个核心面向：其一，先锋实验与思想策源，表现为诗学观念的革新与语言形式的探索；其二，疏离体验与疼痛书写，聚焦于移民身份、打工生存与精神漂泊的书写；其三，日常经验与在地重构，体现为对城市日常生活的凝视、在地诗学的建构以及本土历史记忆的打捞。这三重面向并非线性更替，而是在不同历史阶段各有侧重、相互渗透，共同凝聚出深圳诗歌既充满时代张力又富有个体深度的精神气质，也为中国当代诗歌的城市书写提供了独特的文学经验。

Abstract

As the iconic city of China’s reform and opening-up, Shenzhen has not only generated an economic miracle over the past four decades but also fostered a unique poetic landscape. By examining a large body of poetic works produced in Shenzhen since the reform and opening-up and contextualizing them against the city’s social and cultural transformations over the past four decades, this study identifies three core dimensions of Shenzhen’s poetic spirit. The first is pioneering experimentation and intellectual origin, manifested in the innovation of poetic concepts and the exploration of linguistic forms. The second concerns the experience of alienation and writing of suffering, centering on migrant identity, the survival of migrant workers, and spiritual wandering. The third lies in everyday experience and local reconstruction, embodied in the gaze upon urban daily life, the construction of local poetics, and the reclamation of local historical memory. These three dimensions do not follow a linear progression. Instead, they carry different emphases and interpenetrate one another across historical stages, jointly shaping the spiritual temperament of Shenzhen poetry. This poetic temperament is marked by contemporary tension and profound individual depth, offering unique literary experiences for urban writing in contemporary Chinese poetry.