Dissemination Of The Romance Of Three Kingdoms In Modern Society

The thesis bases on the western theory of acceptance aesthetics and centers on the text of the Romance of Three Kingdoms. It expounds dissemination ways and reader types of the text and the relation between adaptation of movie and television and text in modern society emphatically.There are three dissemination ways from the text of the Romance of Three Kingdoms to readers. Firstly it is a private ways which includes making private copies, reborrowing and presenting and so on. Secondly it is a commercial way, namely readers purchase the text of the Romance of Three Kingdoms through channels of market consumption. As a commodity of book , the Romance of Three Kingdoms reaches the readers at last by publication and sales. Presenting books has become a fashion in modern society. Thirdly it is a public channel. Readers can read the text of the Romance of Three Kingdoms in library, which includes public library, college library and various library clubs, library in network also contained.There are three factors influencing the range and speed of dissemination of the text. Firstly it is the effect of dissemination media which include copying, books and electronic medium. Secondly the range and speed of dissemination of the text are influenced by political and educational policy of government of past ages. Thirdly it also affected by other artistic and cultural forms. They include movie and television, games in network, webs, and so on.Unnumbered readers have read the text directly since the novel is published. Readers are divided into three types in the thesis, namely type of scholar, type of appliance and type of entertainment. Readers of type of scholar make researches on thought and culture from centert and artistry of the novel. Readers of type of the appliance apply the novel to practice. And more readers appreciate the works and regard it as a object of madding temperament. Readers of type of scholar explain the text by different ways, whether they affirm or hot, they intend to explore the latent meaning of text. They guide readers of type of appliance to search for utilitarian values and strengthen the text's communication with common readers. They make importantcontributions for extending and deepening the text's influence. In the course of acceptance, various readers especially professional readers have different understanding and appraisal towards the novel, which embody the change of aesthetic interest. There is a profound background of history and culture which is restricted by political trend, academic trend, cultural accomplishment and individual diversity of readers.From the beginning of the 20th century to today ,many movie and television play series adopting materials of the novel appear. Directors make transformation on the text with aesthectic conscionsess of contemporrary people. Thoughts and concepts of contemporary people are ieended into plays. There is a subtle relation between movie and television play series and the movie. Mainly the relation has two types. Firstly it is true to the original works but is not rigidly adhere to that. The characteristic is embodied on the adding of plot ,the filling of leading roles, inner world and the enriching of main characters, disposition. Sencondly joking ingredients of movie and television play series make up a large proportion. These movie and television series adopt some stories and pots of the text of the Romance of Three Kingdoms and mainly describe love stories. Those plays center on hero and beauty and accord with the reading tendency of contemporary readers. The readers not only obtain wisdom but also acquire sentimental delight. These plays cake to the mental needs of contemporary readers. In the meantime, they enrich the original works and reflect the text's acceptance situation in modern society and the new meaning given by contemporary readers.