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1、花木兰电影解析-英文Instructor'sNameJune5,20TheAdaptionofChineseTraditionalLegendMuLanAbstractMuLanisalegendstoryfromancientChinabacktoBeiDynasty.TheoriginalstoryistellingagirlcalledMuLan,shedisguisedherselfasamantojointhearmyonbehalfofhersickandoldfather.Asthelegendisinfluentialinhistory,therearelotsofad

2、aptionscametothemarket,andthemostinfluentialoneistheclassicmoviefromWaltDisney.Thisassaywillbefocusaboutthepointsofviewwhichdifferentfromoriginallegendandthemovie.BythecharacterMuLan,theadaptionversionchangedtheChinesetraditionalwomanfutureintoagirlwhoismorewesternandvividandshehasmorefriendsinmovie

3、thanlegend;ThemoviealsoaddedtheelementoflovewithLiXiang;Also,thedescriptionofwarindetailhasbeenaddedthanoriginal.Thethemeofthemovieportrayedagirlwhoisself-fulf川ment,chasingforfreedomandlovewhichtheoriginallegenddidnottellthispart.ThatisthereasonWaltDisney'culturebackgroundentitledthischange.Ther

4、eare3partsofmyessay:Theexplorationoftheoriginallegendandtheadaptionmovie,whatarethechangedparts;Theanalysisofwhytheseadaptionhappened;Myunderstandingoftheadaption,whichversionIpreferandwhy.PartITheChineseLegendMuLan&TheWaltDisneyMuLanTheoriginallegendstorywaswroteinancientChina.Tosaythebackgroun

5、dofthattime,duringthewar,everyfamilyinhercountryneedtocontributeamalepersontojointhearmy.InMuLan'family,thereisonlyamanthere,herfatherwhoisreallysickandold.Sothestorystarts“jij(thesoundofloom),thereisnosoundoftheloombutonlyheavilysighfromMuLan.Askshewhatisshethinking,shesaidyesterdayIsawthemilit

6、aryconscription.Thereisnobrothersinmyfamily,Ihaveonlyaoldfather.Iamwillingtogoinsteadofmyfather.MuLanboughtallthethingsneedandfarewelltoherparents,jointhewaruntilfewyearslater,themilitarywonthewar,thekingaskedshewhatdoHEwantafterthewar,MuLansaidshedoesn'twantanytrasure,shewantahorseandgetbackhom

7、e.Soshegetbackhomeasagirleventually,whichsurpriseallherfriendsbecausenooneknowssheisgirl.ThisisashortandcompletestoryofMuLaninoriginal.Themovieadaptedlotsofpartaswellaskeptsomepartsoforiginal.HereIwillpointouttwopartsindifference.FirstAdaption:TheoutlineofMuLan.Intheoriginallegend,thereareonly2parto

8、fworddescribedwhatMuLanlookslike:atthebeginningofthelegend,"sheighed.andshebackhomeshetookofsheclothingandchangeitbacktofemaledresseswithflowersonherhead.YoucantellMuLanisatraditionalChinesegirl,weakandprettyasigh,isn'tshesoftandneedprotection?Inthemovie,MuLantalkloudly,laughloudly.Sheisnot

9、aweakandsoftgirlinthemovie.Themoviestartsthesamepointastheoriginal,themotivationisthesame:shejointthearmyonbehalfofherfather.Butsheisnotagirlwhosuitsheroriginallivingenvironment.Shedoesnotwanttostayinherlittlevalleyfortherestofherlife,shewanttobesomeonewhohaveherownlifeinhand.shealsohadaboyfriendwhi

10、chshelovedinsteadofbyarrangement.Thereisnoloverelationshipmentionedinoriginallegend;Thirdpartisaboutthewardescription:inthelegend,MuLanheardwhenshewasinthewar-sheaboutthepeoplearekillingeachother,shecannothearanythingfromherhome,sheisawayfromhome.Shewasverybravebecauseshewasmissingherhomeandshealsob

11、ehavedverygoodtobepromotedasabiggeneralandsheisthankedbythekingbyheroutstandingperformanceinthearmy;Intheadaptionversionofmovie,MuLanwasencouragedbyherboyfriendandsheisasoliderinsteadofageneralbythewarend.Nokinggaveheranywordbyheroutstandingbehaviorduringthewar.Inall,MuLanisasoftandweakinheartgirlin

12、theoriginallegend:Shemaynothaveherwillingtocontrolherdestinysuchasaloverelationshipbutsheworkshardforgainingreputationandhopingtodosomethinggoodforherparents.TheMuLaninthemovieiscuteandalive,sheiswillingtocontrolherlifeandsheadoresloveandhopetobeloved.Shefollowsherheartinsteadofbeenobediencetoherpar

13、entsfortherestofherlife.SecondAdaption:TheCoreStoryline.Theoriginallegendistellingastorythatadaughtertriedtojointhearmyonbehalfofherfather.ThemotivationofMuLanistobeadutifuldaughtertoherfatherandnothingelsematters.ifnfotbecauseofherfather,MuLanherselfdoesn'thaveanymotivationofjointhearmy,inspite

14、oftrytobeequalwithme4Sheisdoinghouseworkhomeandsatisfyherlife;Duringthetimeshewasinarmy,sheisalwaysmissingherparents;soallthesecanbesaidMuLanisadutifulgirlandsheisnotwillingtotakebigchallengeforfitfulherownwillings.Thatiswhyafterthewar,shedoesn'twantanythingfromtheking,hightitles,career,money,sh

15、ejustwantsgohomeanddoingherobligation.ThemovieissomehowdifferentofwhyMuLangoestoarmy.MuLanwasarrangedbytheirparentstoseesomeoneandprepareforaarrangedmarriagewhichshedoesn'tlikeitatall.Sohermotivationismoreaboutherself.Sheisgirlfullofself-fulfillment,sowhenthewomanmatchmakercomplainedaboutMuLanis

16、notabridewhocanhonorherfamily,MuLantriedtolookinsideherselfandfindthevalueinherheart.Oncethereisachanceforher(herfatherneedtojoinarmybythecallofduty)SotherealmotivationforMuLan,originalisforherfamilyduty,theadaptionisforherself.Whenitcomestothewar,MuLanwasfoundsheisagirl,shesaidshewanttoproveherself

17、.MuLanhereinadaptionversionisagirlwithAmericanDream.Part II TheanalysisoftheadaptionAssumethatthebackgroundchanged,ifMiLan'fatherisnotrequestedtojointhearmy,theadaptedMuLanmayalsotrytofindotheropportunitiestoproveherself.Helpherfathertojointhearmyisjustoneofthoseopportunities:sheusedherdogtofeed

18、herchicken,writethe“shoulbe“onherarmwhenshearrangedtoseethematchmaker,sheisnottraditionalMuLan.DisneyusedthisfeaturetodescribeMuLantocatertomainstreamofUSvalue:Individualism.Thisvalueistheoppositeofcollectivism.Individualismdeemthepersoninsocietyisindependent.Soeveryonehavetheirindependentideas,righ

19、tsandfreedom.Sothepersonalvalueisthemostimportantpartthanobligations.Fromthelegend,themanpriorityisthemainstreamvalueintraditionalChinabutmoviechangedit.Inthelegend,MuLanisusingtheloomathomewecantellsheiskindofgirlwhowillnotstandoutherfamilyandchangethetradition.ButtheadaptionversionofMuLan,sheisnot

20、obeywhatotherpeopletoldhershouldto,sheshouldbequietwhenshewasinthebridetest,shesaidloudly“amhere.Whenherfatherwassenttoarmy,hertraditionalfemalemothersaidnothingatthehousegatebutcrying.MuLanrushedoutanddraghefatherhandanddidnotallowhertogo.Thereasoncausedtheseadaptionisbecausetheculturedifferencebet

21、weenChineseandAmerican.Thevaluedifferenceisthecore.InChina,thevalueofcollectivismisthemostimportantpartinsociety,inlongrunofhistory,theagricultureistheeconomicbase,sothecollectivismcouldhelppeoplesurviveinthesociety,theunitisfamily.ThefamilyorganizationinfluentmosttheChinesefamily,sodothedutiestothe

22、parentsisthemostimportantpart.Therightofsuccessionisbyfamilyblood,maletofemale,oldertoyoung,sothissuccessiontraditioninfluencedwomenspositionandthelimitofpeoplewillbeinfluencedbytheireconomicposition.Tobedifferent,theAmericanwasinfluencedbyindividualism.TheAmericanDreamsayingthatnomatteryourbackgrou

23、nd,whoyouare,ifyouhaveadreamyoushouldreachandgrabitbyyourself.ThisvalueisdevelopedbyRenaissanceworldview,theDeclarationofIndependencealsomentionedthatpeoplearebornfair,therightsareallequalstopeople.Americanpeopleraiseuptheirchildrenbyaindividualpersonandrespecttheirpersonality;theirchildwhoisover18y

24、earsoldshouldtrytoraiseupthemselvesinsteadoflivingtogether;whenyoubecomeadult,youdon'thavetoshareyourmoneyyourparents.TheoriginalMuLanistrytopraiseChinesetraditionssodotheadaptionversion,thatiswhythedifferencecome.Part III MyUnderstandingAtraditionstoryandamoviearetwosymbols.Legendisusingtheword

25、s,sotheaudiencewillusetheirimaginationtoimagetheirownversionofhamlet.ForMuLan,itisashortstory,i.e.thereareonly30wordstodescribethedetailofthewar,butthemovieputtwomorecharactersandusedmorethan10minstodrawhowabravegirlMuLanis.Thatistosay,moviehastobeadapted.PersonallyIlovemoretheadaptionmovie.IhavetothethewaywithvisualandrealwordswillattractmemorethanancientChinesewords.ThedescriptionofMuLan,alovelygirlcomparewiththeonefromthelegend,sheisaliveandIcanreallyimagewhosheisinsteadoflegendMuLanbecausesheistooc