Artistic Conception Theory In Journey To The West

Journey to the West is one of the greatest myth novels. Because of its rich and profound content, magnificent and complete structure, humorous and romantic sentiment, Journey to the West has no equal in its time, not only in the gallery of Chinese classical novels, but also in the world literature. In recent years, study on Journey to the West made full-grown progress, even some innovative researches have come within our range of vision. From a new perspective-artistic conception, this paper made a pectination and research on Journey to the West, and then search for the value of artistic conception in narrative literature.From the lateral direction, artistic conception is the artistic sum of specific artistic images, artistic taste and atmosphere shown by images and abundant artistic associations they may trigger. From the lengthwise direction, artistic conception is not a single layer, planar and natural reproduction, but a stratified, three-dimensional structure. Just in this sense, the text is divided into eight chapters:Part I: Fairies and Leprechauns Show their Mien, investigated vigorous human artistic conception through imago of figures, amalgamation of typification and artistic conception from omniform figures, resplendent Gods and Buddha, multifarious monsters and devils.Part II: Different Scenery of Welkin and Ground, analyzed grand, systematical and multistep space described by Wu Cheng'en, further explored its esthetical physical artistic conception.Part III: Suffer Hardship from Chopped Monsters, most about the graceful artistic conception of the things under the circuitous circumstance and melodious narrating rhythm.Part IV: Fairy Land also Takes the Sentiment of Human, listed many sentiments of the family, priests and disciples, impossible affection, brotherly love and nice human nature. And then discussed emotional artistic conception.Part V: Confucianism with Virginia Bright Leaf and Taoistic Idea, probed identification with Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, which are the realm of life in traditional Chinese culture. It discoursed the deeper aesthetic meaning of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.Part VI: Real Artistic Cumstance in which Things Travel with God, by means of classifying the art, the writer discussed imago-inside-imago actual artistic cumstance in Journey to the West from different angles.Part VII: Virtual Artistic Cumstance in which Virtualization and Calmness of Mind are Outstanding Features, from three aspects of occult visional land, vacant fairy land and offbeat dreamland, the writer discussed imago-outside-imago virtual artistic cumstance.Part VIII: Endless Significance Grows out of Synergism of Virtualization and Actuality, from the standpoint of artistic aesthetic appreciation, the writer disserted means of artistic expression such as synergism of virtualization and actuality, complementing of the subject and object and something goes beyond the imago but within its ring.