Author(s)

Zhao Hu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Art, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China

Corresponding Author

Zhao Hu

ABSTRACT

Chinese comic books, with a development history of thousands of years, have formed their own unique art forms. The works mainly use a combination of pictures and text to present easily understandable picture content, using an artistic style of presenting the picture above the text or the text beside the picture, which has gradually stabilized during its continuous development, forming a high degree of recognition. Works can be found on murals, paper-printing, woodcarving and other mediums, with various ways of expression and rich artistic value. At the same time, the interesting artistic effect of comic books is widely loved by the people, and has a deep mass foundation. This article mainly analyzes the narrative characteristics of Chinese traditional comic books from four aspects: the interaction between picture and text, the emphasis on complete plot to form story, the continuity between frames, and the easily understandable picture content. It provides a certain reference value for the in-depth study of Chinese comic books.

KEYWORDS

Chinese comic books, Art forms, Narrative characteristics, Traditional culture, Continuous story

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhao Hu, Study on the Narrative Characteristics of Chinese Traditional Comic Books. Art and Performance Letters (2023) Vol. 4: 23-28. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2023.040405.

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