Title: "Return to the Countryside": Discursive Shifts in Contemporary Rural Audiovisual Arts
Time: May22, 2025, 19:00
Venue: Room 310, East Building, Gulou Campus, Nanjing University
Speaker: Xu Hailong,Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Literature, Capital Normal University; Council Member of the Online Audiovisual Committee, Chinese Collegial Associationfor Visual Art; Member of the Committee for New Media Literature and Art Critics, Beijing Literature and Art Critics Association; and Member of Chinese Collegial Associationfor Visual Art.
Moderator: Chen Jing, Associate Professor at the School of Arts, Nanjing University.
Content Summary
This lecture focuses on the cultural phenomenon of “returning to the countryside,” examining how contemporary rural-themed films, television programs, and new media works reconstruct rural imagery through innovative aesthetic and narrative strategies. It analyzes the cultural-political logic underlying these representations and reveals how they both inherit and transform traditional pastoral imagination. The talk also addresses the social sentiments and value orientations reflected in this discursive shift.
