Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)

Ekphrasis Makes Still Artifacts Speak: Taking “If National Treasure Can Talk” as Example

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Fen Liu
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Fen Liu
Available Online 20 May 2021.
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10.2991/assehr.k.210519.023How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Ekphrasis, If National Treasure Can Talk, Power of Language, Narrative Impulse, Imagination
Abstract

Answering the call of Chinese culture policy of “Telling Chinese stories well”, CCTV documentary “If a National Treasure Can Talk” has successfully produced a model of telling stories well. This study holds that, it is the use of “Ekphrasis”, an ancient term of “descriptive discourse that can bring things to life”, that enables national treasure to have the function of “talk”. With close reading method, this study analysed its mechanism of changing visual art into verbal art in this CCTV Ekphrastic commentary, that is, power of language, narrative impulse and imagination as a bridge of “Ekphrasis”, to give enlightenment of “telling stories well” and “making cultural relics alive” in China and other culture.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
20 May 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-381-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210519.023How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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