Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation
JLWE, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2026, pp.50-62.
Print ISSN: 3078-8129; Online ISSN: 3104-5073
Journal homepage: https://www.lwejournal.com
DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/jlwe260106pmcfs
Lei Yanni, Li Shiyuan
Abstract: Wallace Stevens incessantly employs the seasonal motif in his poetry, which has become a focus of critics. Through the analysis of seasonal poems from his inaugural anthology Harmonium, this paper examines how he fragments and omits seasons and ultimately transcends mere seasonal reference to reflect on postwar disillusionment and the destabilization of religious and scientific certainties. Additionally, it investigates how Stevens forges an alternative “mundo” through imagination. Through the subversion of seasons and privilege of imaginative perception, Harmonium establishes a self-contained poetic “mundo”, an aesthetic realm. While avoiding overt engagement with World War I, his works encode historical fractures, mediating between personal introspection as a poet and epochal disorientation. In this way, Stevens redefines the poet’s role as architect of an aesthetic “mundo”, resisting “violence without”, and thus transcends the historical constraints and progresses towards a poetic dwelling of permanence.
Keywords: Wallace Stevens; Harmonium; season; poetic imagination; self-preservation
Author Biographies: Lei Yanni (Corresponding Author), Associate Professor, Supervisor of PhD Candidates and Cooperative Supervisor of Postdoctoral Scholars, at the Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University. Research Areas: English Poetry and Poetics, Novel and Drama Studies, Literary and Cultural Theory Studies. E-mail: leiyanni@mail.sysu.edu.cn. Li Shiyuan, Grade 2024 Master’s Candidate at the School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University. E-mail: lishy329@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.
题目：碎片化季节与想象构建的诗学“世界”：论《簧风琴》中华莱士·史蒂文斯的诗学沉思
摘要：华莱士·史蒂文斯在其诗歌创作中持续运用季节主题，这一特点已成为评论界关注的焦点。本文通过分析其首部诗集《簧风琴》中的季节诗作，探讨诗人如何对季节进行碎片化处理与省略，最终超越单纯季节指涉，进而反思战后幻灭情绪与宗教科学确定性的瓦解。研究同时揭示了史蒂文斯如何通过想象力构建替代性的“世界”——通过颠覆季节秩序，同时赋予想象感知以优先地位，《簧风琴》建立起一个自足的诗意“世界”，即一美学领域。尽管史蒂文斯的作品刻意避免了对一战的直接涉及，却仍将历史断裂编码其中，在诗人个体的内省与时代性迷失之间进行调和。藉此，史蒂文斯重新定义了诗人作为美学“世界”建筑师的角色，通过抵抗“外部暴力”，最终超越历史局限，走向永恒的诗意栖居。
关键词：华莱士·史蒂文斯；《簧风琴》；季节；诗意想象；自我保存
作者简介：雷艳妮（通讯作者），博士，中山大学外国语学院副教授、博士生导师，博士后合作导师，研究方向：英语文学，英诗与诗论。电邮：leiyanni@mail.sysu.edu.cn。李诗缘,中山大学外国语学院2024级硕士研究生。电邮：lishy329@mail2.sysu.edu.cn。
Received: 06 Apr 2025 / Revised: 10 Nov 2025 / Accepted: 23 Apr 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.
