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Research the Aesthetics of Violence of Mo Yan “Sandalwood Punishment”

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2016, (40), pp.289-314
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2016..40.012
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 28, 2016

张琴凤 1 冯永霞 2

1中国山东师范大学国际交流学院
2中国东北师范大学国际汉学院

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ABSTRACT

As the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 2012, Mo Yan is the most influential contemporary writer in China. Mo Yan’s novels are good at describing the tumultuous scene of life, and among them, “violence” is the focus of his novels, and there are many violent details about China ancient torture described in his novel “Sandalwood Punishment”. Mo Yan regards the violence as the main body of appreciation and aesthetic target. His novels give a detailed portrait and esthetics color of violence and it embodies the unique Violence Aesthetics of Mo Yan. This thesis will use the concept of violence aesthetics came from Western Filmology to analyze and interpret the violence and torture of Mo Yan’s “Sandalwood Punishment”. The article will probe the occurrence of Aesthetics of violence, and explore the form of violence aesthetics of Mo Yan’s “Sandalwood Punishment” through two angles: the implementation process and the use of sensory vocabulary. Making the names of torture more elegant, the penalty tools more delicate and the process of torture more like a performance; analyzing the feast of ears and the revelry of color, for example. Hoping to reveal the unique connotation of violence aesthetics of Mo Yan’s “Sandalwood Punishment” and explore the deep essence of social, historical, cultural, Chinese humanity of violence aesthetics in the novel.

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