Adaptation And Transmission Of A Dream Of Red Mansions As Movie Or Teleplay

The classical novel A Dream of Red Mansions has been adapted again and again asnew art forms like movie and teleplay,that whereby the novel has been widespread andpopular.The adaptation of literary masterpieces for movie or television has become animportant phenomenon in the present literary world,movie and television world,andeven the entire realm of culture and arts.In the present"Picture Age","Picturization"ofliterary works has been a trend in art development,and readers (audience) prefer toaccept literary works through"Reading Pictures"or watching images.In the context ofthe times and culture as such,the adaptation and transmission of A Dream of RedMansions for movie or television has become a topic meriting our profound study.The dissertation mainly consists of three parts,namely,the history in which ADream of Red Mansions has been adapted and produced as movie or teleplay,the artisticfeatures of A Dream of Red Mansions as movie or teleplay,and the cultural implicationof A Dream of Red Mansions as movie or teleplay.The dissertation is divided into sevenchapters,which are summarized as follows:Chapter One reviews the previous studies on the adaptation and transmission of ADream of Red Mansions as movie or teleplay,aiming to provide reference for theauthor's own study.Chapter Two briefly comb the history of adaptation and production of A Dream ofRed Mansions,and compile movies and teleplays of the novel,laying a solid historicalfoundation for the subsequent artistic analysis and cultural study.Chapter Three analyzes the influence of"Redology"on the adaptation of A Dreamof Red Mansions for movie or teleplay,pointing out that"Redology"has a far-reachinginfluence on the adaptation of A Dream of Red Mansions for movie or teleplay in respectof the choice of versions,the characterization and ideological tendency.Chapter Four probes into the relationship between A Dream of Red Mansions asmovie or teleplay and it as opera,and analyzes the reasons why movie or teleplay andopera become a union as well as the significance of the union to both movie or teleplayand to opera,pointing out that opera-movie and teleplay play a role in the recording,protection and transmission of opera.Chapter Five explores and analyzes the feature of intertextuality in A Dream of Red Mansions as movie or teleplay,pointing out that the intertextuality in it is mainlymanifested by quotations and copying as well as replication and parody,and that thecontent of intertextuality is mainly composed of intertextualities of plot and structure,language and music,characters,central ideas,and so on.Chapter Six elaborates on the image of"Classical China"A Dream of Red Mansionsas movie or teleplay constructs,pointing out that it constructs the image of"ClassicalChina"by means of tangible and visible substance,giving prominence to feminizedfeatures,and so on,whereas the image of"Classical China"it reconstructs is virtuallyimaginary historic image.Chapter Seven argues on the obstruction and loss in the course of the adaptation ofA Dream of Red Mansions for movie or teleplay,pointing out the"Incommensurability"of language and image obstructs the adaptation,and thereby lost are mentality andemotion,poetic sentiment and flavors in the novel,while the intercommunicationbetween audience (readers) and the author more often than not results in failure in ADream of Red Mansions as movie or teleplay.