Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences Edition) ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 124-131.DOI: 10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2021.05.014

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Literary Image,Landscape Narrative and Cultural Reshaping:An Investigation on the Mutual Construction Between Shen Congwen' The Border Town and the Border Town in Xiangxi

LIU Anquan   

  1. (Research Center for Development and Utilization of Distinctive Resources in the Wuling Mountainous Areas,Yangtze Normal University,Fuling 408100,Chongqing China)
  • Online:2021-09-01 Published:2021-11-01

Abstract: Landscape is a narrative system born and evolved by the interaction betweenphysical environment and cultural meaning.The Border Town in Xiangxi (western Hunan) is associated with Shen Congwen's literary works The Border Town through narrative strategies such as naming,landscaping and interpretation,realizing the overlap of the historical background of the landscape,literary illusion and tourism reality,and highlighting regional characteristics in a special way of awakening memory.In this way,the culture is inherited,meaning expressed,and value reconstructed.The culture of the Border Town has been reshaped in the process of isomorphism of landscape,such as landscape production,related memory,aesthetic experience and landscape identity.The landscape connotation of the Border Town in Xiangxi has been redefined and explained through history,literature and realistic livelihood,so as to realize the transformation from a national traditional town to a famous tourist town with modern characteristics.

Key words: The Border Town, Border Town in Xiangxi, landscape narrative, characteristic town, cultural reshaping

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