| In China's modern literature circle, Ling Shuhua was a wise writer who wrote novels within her own experience and dominance in literature, though her works don't look prominent in number. We can find an obvious "gentle & graceful" style and critical intention in Ling's novels. As a matter of fact, many scholars have already taken notice of this, but their focus is often on one side of the coin. However, it does not help too much to grasp the complexity of Ling's work. As long as this is concerned, the thesis discusses on intrinsic relationship of her individual characteristic with drawing skill between the lines for more quintessence of Ling's thought and arts.Firstly, there are so many elements of traditional Chinese painting in Ling Shuhua's novels. Blankness and terseness reflected in the novels are the character of the author's simplified plot and restrained feelings, and the enjoyable writing makes her novels gentle. Secondly, the inner connections between Ling's novels and painting art are based on her creative motivation and absurdity between time and space. The author's attempt of putting painting skill into novels shows a dual criticism both on the reality and the mainstream literature. Furthermore, she does not cross off the conflict between time and space, or realism and lyricism, but gives them ambiguous significance. This thesis tries to analyze the above from the two main points: time and irony. Lastly, this article expounds the particular value of the novels' characteristic with painting techniques. On one side, Ling's attempt of putting painting skill into novels expands Chinese modern novels' aesthetic feeling of artistic conception, and it also incarnates regression of traditional aesthetic slant; on the other side, Ling's novels' characteristic with painting techniques achieves farther extension for style of modern novels at aspects such as lyricism, structure and time.Ling's writing with painting techniques is not only a use of reference, but also... |
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