| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 國語文學系碩士班 === 99 === The purpose of the research is to conclude the writings about the river imagery in Shen Cong Wen’s writings about western Hunan. Rivers are always the origins of civilization. That’s why Shen used a lot of materials about rivers in his writings. The river plays an important role in people’s lives in western Hunan. Moreover, the river imagery about the view, the people, and the culture of rivers are completely and concretely conceptualized in Shen’s writings. The research is to make a systematic conclusion of them.
With analyzing the writings and an on-the-spot investigation, the river imagery is getting clear in my mind. At first, the research illustrates the background of Shen’s writings about western Hunan with its location, history, Shen’s background, and the writings about western Hunan folk literature which Shen took as reference. Second, I divide all of the materials into two themes, the view and the people. For example, the views about the rivers are the painting-like landscape , different kinds of ships, busy wharves, riverside streets, rapids, and the waterpower production tools. The people are the unconstrained sailor, the prostitute who values justice above material gains, the generous manager of the wharf, the serious president of the commercial association, and the affluent grain mill host. Finally, the research has a discussion about the life style and the interaction of those who live on rivers, the economics, the festivals, the custom, the folk songs, the living habits, and the other special landscapes.
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