从文字到图像——《红楼梦》接受过程中的视觉性及其意义

《红楼梦》在问世之初,以文字的形式而存在,其文本形态有手抄本和印刷本,读者对其的接受是一种文字接受。当《红楼梦》第一次以印刷本的形式出现,被加入了图像的因素,随后出现了各种图像形态,读者对其的接受开始涉及到了视觉性,发生了由阅读到观看的变化。特别是在影视形态中,视觉性更是占据了主导地位。对接受者来说,视觉性的接受给读者带来了一种新的体验,形成了观看的意识形态,即凝视的快感。这种快感包括两个方面：一是性的快感;二是权力的满足感。

From Words to Picture --Visuality in the Reception of Dream of Red Mansions and Its Meaning

When Dream of Red Mansions was created at its early time. it was written by words, including manuscripts and printed text. Its reception is to read by words to words. When Dream of Red Mansions was printed, illustrations were added, then other image patterns appeared. And its reception began to include visuality, and especially in television and movie versions, the visuality has a dominant position. To the readers, the visuality reception brings the pleasure of ＂gaze＂ to them, which consists of two elements; pleasure of sex and satisfaction of power.