Abstract
Shen Congwen's consciousness about the difference and complementarity between pictures and words finds expression in his Xiangxing Shujian (The Complete Works of Shen Congwen) and Xiangxing Sanji (Random Sketches on a Trip to Hu'nan). Shen thinks that it is much more difficult to express his intuitional experience by words than by painting, though, for him, painting is still powerless in this regard. Shen just made do with words. So he tried to describe the intact image of Xiangxi (West Hu'nan) by juxtaposing words and painting simultaneously and by balancing what is classic and what is modern. In fact, that kind of image of Xiangxi can only be found indistinctly in the crack between various visual regulations and the representation system.
First Page
179
Last Page
192
Recommended Citation
Liu, Tairan. 2018. "Intuitional Experience and Visual Regulation: On the Relationship between Language and Picture in Xiangxing Shujian and Xiangxing Sanji." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 38, (3): pp.179-192. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss3/10
