On The Development Of A Reading Culture And Weakening In Hong Kong When The Martial Arts Novel Of Louis Cha To The Political Arena Comic By Tony Wong

In Hong Kong, the Swordsmen Romances of Louis Cha are known as very precious works, as well as in China. Adapted one of his works Heaven Dragon The Eighth, Tony Wong's Greenwood color comics achieved great successes in 1998, and from that on Tony Wong's works play a very important place in Hong Kong literature world.Tony Wong's comics are the culture bridge for Hong Kong readers, especially the low-social-class cit, to re-contact homeland, as well as the way for them to appreciate the art fascination of Louis Cha's Swordsmen Romances. In the education background of colony, it is through these comics that most Hong Kong citizens recognize Chinese traditional culture and history. Adapting Cha's romances, Tony Wong creates his own Hong Kong Greenwood Comics with more Hong Kong characteristic. Dragon Tiger Gate is Wong's magnum opus, and it is also a comic works which is the best seller in Hong Kong. This work can be called the culture chrestomathy of Hong Kong low-social-class cit. In the year 2006, Dragon Tiger Gate was adapted to a film with great success.To use picture as disseminating media is one of the ways for expressing of literature. However, comic books can attract most young readers by using both pictures and words. Furthermore, comic is intuitionist. It can stimulate human-being's vision organ unsubstitutable. As like TV, comics can transform the imaginary space of letter to intuitionist vision feast. During a long time, it possesses more readers than ones of belles-lettres, and then forms the unique comic culture of Hong Kong. Although this kind of culture of comic-reading has the advantage of disseminating more visually, it is incontestable that it has weakened the ability of Hong Kong reader's letter appreciation...