People pay more attention to Liu Liangcheng's prose in terms of language aesthetics, but ignore the thinking and excavation of the image level. To some extent, Liu Liangcheng's unique philosophical thinking in images is the unique charm of his prose, and it is also the core key for him to be called a "village philosopher".
This paper intends to discuss the life philosophy of natural images in Liu Liangcheng's prose from two aspects: the thinking of "road" and "tree" and the metaphor of "wind" and "wall".
Liu Liangcheng
The Value of 0 1 Image in Liu Liangcheng's Prose
"Image" is not only a literary term, but also belongs to the category of psychology and is closely related to reception aesthetics. As far as literature is concerned, whenever "image" is mentioned, it will be considered as the exclusive concept of poetry, because image originates from poetry.
However, prose and poetry are similar literary genres, so their uniqueness is the existence and divergence of poetry against the background of images.
According to incomplete statistics, there are hundreds of images involving animals and plants, natural phenomena, life scenes, people and places of interest in Liu Liangcheng's prose.
From 1960s to 1990s, Liu Liangcheng spent his childhood, adolescence and youth in Huangshaliang. What kind of place is Huangshaliang? This is a remote village on the edge of Gurbantonggut Desert in Xinjiang. Here, my eyes are barren and dilapidated-loess roads, potholes, earth walls, dry wells and big trees ... there are all kinds of insects, cows and dogs barking in my ear ...
Liu Liangcheng's growing experience had a profound influence on his creation, and the brand of memory also made the image writing characteristics in his prose more obvious and unique.
As a new star in the field of prose in the late 1990s, Liu Liangcheng is known as a "country philosopher" because of the poetic beauty created by his prose images and the philosophical thinking of life that runs through his images. Prose is not only perceptual but also intellectual. Taking the natural image in Liu Liangcheng's prose as an example, it is the perfect fusion of poetic discourse and intellectual discourse.
Through the description of natural images, Liu Liangcheng reproduces his exertion and release of loneliness, freedom, anxiety and suffering, conveys his philosophical thinking and taste of life consciousness, and links the emotional communication among "world-text-author-reader".
This is the aesthetic taste of life, but also a rare wisdom.
Philosophical Thinking on Road and Tree —— The extension of "Road" represents the humanity of running away, and the cultivation of "Tree" represents the persistence and return of humanity.
Referring to the road, Qu Yuan once said: "The road is long and its Xiu Yuan is awkward, but I will go up and down for Xiu Yuan"; Lu Xun said: "There is no road in the world, and more people will become a road."
In traditional culture, the image of "road" is often regarded as a metaphor of abstract ideas, explaining the serious value orientation of life.
The image of "tree" is mostly associated with the character of a gentleman. Such as pine, cypress, bamboo and plum are often known as the four gentlemen. In the praise of poplar, poplar symbolizes the simplicity and elegance of Chinese children.