The Study Of Animal Images In Tang Novels

The novelists of Tang Dynasty have rich imagination and peculiar conception.They use a variety of artistic techniques,shaping a number of animal images full of literature.These animal images are not only lush in kind and complex in temperament.They also have some new features.A rich cultural connotation is also contained in these images.At the same time,The literary aesthetic value is also worthy of in-depth study.On the basis of reading the novels of Tang Dynasty,this paper analyzes the animal images in the novels of Tang Dynasty,starting from the text of animal images.Because there are large number of animal images and species in the novels of Tang Dynasty,This paper analyzes the animal images according to the classification.In the process of analysis,it is found that the animal images in the novels of Tang Dynasty have not only a variety of species,diverse and complex identity,but also the cross characteristics of animal and human nature;When shaping the animal images,on the one hand,the novelists use appearance,language,action and other positive description methods,on the other hand,they use harmonic art techniques.Through the appearance,word games and poetry and other harmonic techniques implicit animal prototype,which is the new features of novel image.A large number of animal images in Tang Dynasty reflect the social life,religious culture,and ideas of Tang Dynasty.The literary aesthetic value of animal images shows new features of entertainment and moral beauty.Tang Dynasty is an important stage in the development of classical Chinese novels.It has had a profound impact on the novels' creation later.The animal images in the novels of Tang Dynasty also have its great influence.It provides prototype for the creation of the animal images in literary works.