Image has four main concepts in literature and art, psychology, linguistics and other disciplines:
Psychological image, that is, the image in the psychological sense, is generally translated as "representation" by domestic psychologists, which refers to various perceptual images formed on the basis of perception and presented in the mind.
Intrinsic image, that is, a new and advanced intentional design image conceived by human beings to achieve a certain goal, is manifested in literary creation as an image in the mind formed by artistic conception or "a picture in the chest"
Generalized image is the general name of all artistic images or linguistic images appearing in literary works, which is basically equivalent to the concept of "artistic image" or literary image, referred to as "image" for short. Not only in Britain and the United States, but also in China since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has evolved into the equivalent of the word "elephant".
In particular, it refers to a special ideographic artistic image, conceptual image and its advanced form.
Image and theme features
Lyric works often express a relatively fixed theme with the help of prototype images.
The so-called prototype image refers to the patterned image with fixed connotation that has been used repeatedly for a long time in a lyric tradition.
The so-called lyric motif refers to a large-scale theme with relatively fixed connotation based on a certain prototype image in a certain lyric tradition.
The relationship between prototype image and lyric motif
The former is the carrier of the latter, and some prototype images express and imply some lyric motifs. If you give someone away, there are words like mourning, willow, cup and tears.
Some images are relatively fixed to express a motif, and will become prototype images over time. Such as floating clouds and homesickness, geese and homesickness, running water and mourning, Penglai and admiring immortals, willows and parting.
Common Images in China's Ancient Poems
Image group with Vitamin as the core: willow, dark willow, spring willow and autumn willow.
For example, in Qin Louyue, willow leaves change every year, and Baling mourns farewell. (Li Bai's "Recalling Qin E")
Appreciation: Qin E associates the colors of Qin Louyue with those of Liu Ling. "Willow color" is a symbol of farewell, and "Baling" represents a place of farewell. The word "year after year" explains the length of parting. Willow color is green, year after year, Iraqis are still far away, only whistling flute and low sobbing, cold waning moon accompanied by thin beautiful images, lush willow color sentences recalling the past.
Moon: I miss the moon. Say goodbye to sadness. Nostalgia.
For example: looking up, I found it was moonlight, and then sinking, I suddenly remembered home. -Li Bai's Thoughts on a Quiet Night
Appreciation: the word "Wang" takes care of the word "doubt" in the previous sentence, indicating that the poet has changed from a daze to a sober one. Staring at the moon eagerly, he couldn't help thinking that his hometown was also under the bright moon, and naturally he came to the conclusion that "I sank back, and I suddenly thought of home".
Ice and snow: the crystallization of ice and snow is a metaphor for the loyalty of the soul and the nobility of character.
For example, relatives and friends in Luoyang ask each other, and a piece of ice heart is in a jade pot. -Wang Changling "Breaking up with Xin Jian at Furong Inn"
Appreciation: When the poet gradually bid farewell to Xin, he specifically told him: "If relatives and friends in my hometown ask about my recent situation, you can say that I am like a crystal ice in a white jade pot." Show that you don't change your moral integrity to be demoted.
Changting: In China's classical poems, Changting has become the proper name of the land of farewell.
Like where is the return trip? The long pavilion is shorter. -Li Bai's Bodhisattva Man
Appreciate: But where is the return journey? It's just a "long pavilion and short pavilion", and there is no real answer. Some are endless, melancholy and empty, between those miles and roadside kiosks. Numerous roadside kiosks on the journey not only show that the return journey is far away, but also shows that the return journey is hopeless, which corresponds to the word "empty" in the movie "Empty City Plan". When the weather is so bleak, the sadness of thinking about women is gone.
Harp: a metaphor for harmony between husband and wife. Also known as the "harp". Sometimes it is also a metaphor for the friendship between brothers and friends.
For example, when you leave the hall, you will think of the harp and take another road to bypass Sichuan. -Chen Ziang's poem "Farewell to Friends on a Spring Night".
Appreciation: "Hare" refers to the pleasure of friends' feasting, which originated from Xiaoya Luming Literature and I have a guest, playing the harp, meaning to use the harmony of the harp to compare the profound friendship.