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Chronotopic identities in contemporary Chinese poetry calligraphy

  • Wenhua Li and Jiayu Wang EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: December 10, 2022

Abstract

This study investigates the sociolinguistics of contemporary Chinese calligraphic works of an ancient poem titled “Xiangjianhuan”. It probes how multiple voices, with various degrees of agency of creativity (that is, the freedom and space allowed for the creative actions), coexist, conflate and contest with each other in the poem itself and the textual-artistic representations of the poem. It relates these multiple voices with different kinds of contesting and conflicting identities manifested through the multimodal resources of the text art. Through the analysis, this study is hoped to shed light on the (socio)linguistic study of Chinese poetry calligraphy as a form of text art in relation to literary creativity and identity work.


Jiayu Wang School of Foreign Languages Central China Normal University 152 Luoyu Road, Hongshan District Hubei 430079 China

Funding statement: This work is supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China (Project NO.: 18CYY050) National Social Science Foundation of China (Project NO.: 21AYY013), and the Self-Determined Research Funds of CCNU from MOE for basic research and operation (Project No.: CCNU20TD008).

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Appendix
Figure No. Thumbnail Picture Calligraphers/Sculptors/Artists Sources (accessed 12 November 2022)
1 Anonymous https://wenwen.sogou.com/z/q280253506.htm
2 Liu, Zhiming http://www.360doc.com/content/18/0426/07/4299739_748809147.shtml
3 Li, Ruhai http://s8.sinaimg.cn/orignal/001qNGVazy7bqDC3NMHf7
4 Wu, Ying http://www.gai8.com/shufa/5755.html
5 Peng, Xi http://px121717.blog.sohu.com/131204448.html
6 Lu, Junshan http://www.sohu.com/a/130036884_659070
7 Yang, Tao https://ytart.artron.net/works_detail_brt000356700444
8 Unspecified artist https://dwz.cn/SgNzKlN1 (URL shortened by Baidu: https://dwz.cn/)
9 Zhang, Luguang http://www.chundaozihua.com/goods-1711.html
10 Sun, Xueke http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_bd9d030d0101h2g0.html
11 Fang, Xiaokun http://cswh.scnu.edu.cn/a/20130830/141.html
12 Qiu Laotouzi (nickname) https://bbs.0513.org/thread-2096058-1-1.html?468160
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14 Tian, Yizhi http://www.7sown.com/index.php?app=goods&id=22893
15 Anonymous https://www.1688.com/huo/detail-525316622374.html
16 Guo, Kejie (sculptor) source: https://dwz.cn/SyO6YIHS (URL shortened by https://dwz.cn/)
17 Tao, Yang https://ytart.artron.net/works_detail_brt000356700444
18 Jiuying, Zhu http://boylondon.pixnet.net/album/photo/129488785
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20 Calligrapher: Guozhao, Chen Posted by: Songzi, Qing (nickname) https://m.91ddcc.com/t/155423
21 Anonymous http://www.gai8.com/shufa/6122.html
22 Borong, Zhang http://yuanzhangshuhua.com/rece/PhtoDisp.asp?id=416
23 Ke, Mi https://m.zcool.com.cn/work/ZMTYzNzY1NDQ=.html
Published Online: 2022-12-10
Published in Print: 2022-11-25

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