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Characteristics of Illustrations and Effects of Expressions in the “Romance of the West Chamber” Yueke-version
The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
2017,
(38), pp.319-344
DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2017..38.013
Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
Research Area : Chinese Culture
DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2017..38.013
Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
Research Area : Chinese Culture
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The narrative illustrations such as novels and dramas of the Ming and Qing period are ‘story picture’, which have undergone a process of extending the space and time for a long time in the long history from before. Especially in the Ming Dynasty the expansion of the space-time began in earnest, and it became a factor bringing cultural diversity in association with the tide affirmed by individual's desire. In view of the relationship between characters and the screen, the illustration version of Ming Dynasty can witness the phenomenon that the screen increases vertically and horizontally, the illustration exceeds the basic information and expands its own expression area. Among them, the “Romance of the West Chamber” Yueke-version is an excellent example of actively adopting the scroll format and expanding the area of illustration versions. In this paper, first of all we analyze the scroll format of 『 Romance of the West Chamber』 Yueke-version, the situation and characteristics of long and short round trip of picture title, the structural features such as relation between character and image as a Singing script. Subsequently, the overall expression effect of the unique illustration version is summarized as lyricity, temporal, and metaphoricity. Through consideration of the above two directions, Yueke-version was revealed more clearly, and it was confirmed that it is an excellent work with originality and readability. In addition, in the point that the illustration was able to fully reflect the lyrics and poetic features of the “Romance of the West Chamber” drama on a long screen, it occupies a high rank in history “Romance of the West Chamber” illustration version. It could be put a lot of emotions in a figure spreading like feathers, and It was able to smoothly express the lyrical nature of an narrative. As a result, the space in the illustration was greatly expanded beyond the previous narrow face. This paper approaches from the two aspects of the composition of the illustration version and effects of illustration in the “Romance of the West Chamber” Yueke-version which had not been presented by academia, and now present a new idea. It also points out that it has an effect of mutual ascending with the literary characteristics and supplementing the narrative contents. I think that these points have certain significance in terms of understanding not only works but also useful for understanding the illustration of the Ming Qing Dynasty as an excellent example that appeared in the development of ‘story picture’.
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