| Today under the age of the Internet is very convenient instant social tools and fragmented way of reading the letter the full of sense of ritual communication gradually decline,readers rarely take the initiative to focus on delicate and vivid epistolary novel,and read the background figure illustration for literature,to optimize the reading experience,the text gives a new life,epistolary novel illustration design practice and research of space is larger.This topic is based on the writing form of epistolary novel,focusing on the role of illustration in it and exploring the technique of combining illustration and epistolary novel,so as to guide more readers to pay attention to epistolary novel and letter culture,and make them easier to have emotional resonance in reading.This topic focuses on the illustration design and research of the epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs,using literature research method,investigation method,interdisciplinary analysis method,illustration method and other research methods,and discusses the feasible methods of epistolary illustration design from the dual perspectives of textualism and image science.This paper is divided into six parts: The first part is the introduction,which puts forward the source of this research and the key content of the research,and expounds the research background and status quo;The second part is an overview of the research on literary illustration design and epistolary novel,stating the related concepts and development of epistolary novel and illustration design,analyzing the relationship between them,collecting the problems existing in literary illustration design and solving ideas,and laying a theoretical foundation for design practice.The third part is the positioning of the illustration design of the epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs.It conducts a questionnaire survey on the illustration design of the novel and the book,understands the audience,analyzes the cases and text materials,and gets the preliminary positioning.The fourth part is the analysis of the elements of the illustration design of the epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs,focusing on the emotional changes of readers,digging out the parts and narrative perspectives that the epistolary novel can arouse readers’ empathy,and comprehensively arranging the elements of the illustration design of the epistolary novel around the design practice.The fifth part is the illustrative design and creation practice of the epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs,elaborating the design and creation ideas and implementation process in detail.The sixth part is the conclusion and prospect,which summarizes the gains and shortcomings of the research practice,and makes the prospect of the future related research.This research and design focuses on readers’ psychological feelings and changes,uses a variety of design techniques to enhance the reading experience of epistolary novels,and explores the feasible ways to integrate the narrative techniques of epistolary novels into the illustration design,so as to play a positive role in the protection and development of epistolary culture. |