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From "Guideways Through Mountains And Seas" To "Film Slides": A Study On The Gestation Of Lu Xun's Concept Of Image, Xu Xu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The paper posits that Guideways through Mountains and Seas and film slides are two of the starting points to investigate Lu Xun's cognition of and choice between "cultural image" and "political image." Lu Xun had eventually blended both for the purpose of the Enlightenment through Image. Lu Xun's concept of image is two-folded. On the one hand, on the functional level of images, Lu Xun invested the image with the function of enlightenment, through his affirmation of the universality of images, caution against the frivolous consumption of images, and reflection over the enslavement of images. On the other hand, on …
An Ontological Comparison Between Rhapsody And Tomb Art In The Han Dynasty, Xiaoyang Wang
An Ontological Comparison Between Rhapsody And Tomb Art In The Han Dynasty, Xiaoyang Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Rhapsody in the Han Dynasty is commonly categorized into two sub-genres, namely, prosaic rhapsody (greater rhapsody) with more descriptive details and lyric rhapsody (lesser rhapsody) which is often used to express personal thoughts and feelings. The tomb art in this paper specifically refers to the relief sculpture and the mural painting. The comparative study between rhapsody and tomb art in current scholarship has rarely taken their ontological relationship into consideration. Greater rhapsody and mural paintings may be considered as mainstream or upper-class art forms while lesser rhapsody and relief sculpture tend to be private or lower-class oriented. Recognizing the ontological …
On The Word-Image Intertextuality And Its Aesthetic Characteristics Of The Illustrated Book Big Breasts And Wide Hips, Hongyue Wang, Chunlei Yang
On The Word-Image Intertextuality And Its Aesthetic Characteristics Of The Illustrated Book Big Breasts And Wide Hips, Hongyue Wang, Chunlei Yang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
To examine the word-image intertextuality in the illustrated novels have become a new approach in literary studies, through which the relationship between illustrations and the novel itself is investigated. Mo Yan's novel Big Breasts and Wide Hips has been published with 24 pencil illustrations in 2003, and it can be seen that these illustrations are not randomly painted and inserted into the novel. The paper examines the dialogue and intertextuality between the text and the illustrations and analyzes the narrative modes of images and language.