ANALYSIS OF LITERARY IMAGERY IN THE BOOK OF SONGS: ASTRONOMICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND HUMANISTIC SYMBOLS

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a study of literary imagery in the Book of Songs, constructing a three-dimensional analytical framework for the astronomical, geographical, and humanistic imagery in the Book of Songs. It breaks through the limitations of traditional single-imagery research, systematically revealing the interactive mechanisms and cultural connotations of astronomical, geographical, and humanistic imagery. The author identifies and examines a three-dimensional system of images. The study emphasizes that astronomical imagery constructs a spatial-temporal cognitive framework, geographical imagery serves as a vehicle for moral and ethical values, and humanistic imagery achieves a transcendence from material symbols to spiritual archetypes, embodying the ideal of the gentlemanly persona. The research confirms that the three types of imagery interact organically through a ‘nature-society-humanity’ triadic structure, collectively forming the poetic cosmological system of the Book of Songs. This paradigm innovation not only drives classical text interpretation from partial decoding to systematic construction but also provides methodological support for the contemporary transformation and international dissemination of traditional culture.