The Research Of Relationship Between Illustrations And Texts Of The Seventeen Years Red Classic Novels

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a large number of revolutionary history novels had been published. Reflecting the people’s democratic revolution and the socialist construction under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Red Classic works have been particularly striking. Represented by San Hong Yi Chuang, Bao Lin Qing Shan, the Seventeen years Red Classic novels(especially the most full-length novels) are illustrated. From the first edition that illustrated(such as Sochus Oleraceus published by the people’s liberation army wenyi press in 1958), to the latest edition with new illustrations(such as Railway guerrillas published by the China youth press in 2012), it seems that we have no choice but researching those illustrations if we are going to study the Seventeen years Red Classic novels. Since illustrations are the beneficial supplement of the novel, they help a lot in creating the characters and expressing one’s emotion. As a result, those illustrations have already become light spot of the Seventeen years Red Classic novels.Here comes the era of picture-reading, text medium such as newspaper, magazines, novels are using more and more illustrations, with the aid of all kinds of computerized special effects, nowadays illustrations are more delicate, more expressive. On the other hand, however, throughout the present novel market of China, there will be a little bit difficult for us to find illustrations that as evocative and timeless as those in Red Classic works during the Seventeen years. Studying the relationship between illustrations and text of the Seventeen years Red Classic novels will be very helpful for us to seize the essence of the novel, grasp the meanings that between the lines, and have a better understanding and using of image narrative.