The Media Transformation Of The Shakespearian Sonnets In The Contemporary Film And Television

The postmodern society is marked by video,and there is an interesting phenomenon that a lot of classical poems have been cited in the film and television works. Not only can it make an audio-visual way for people to appreciate the poetic art, but also it can bring the fresh elements to the film and television works. In many excellent poems, the most striking one is Shakespearian sonnets, which have been largely recurred in the works, bringing inexhaustible artistic inspiration to our cultures. At the same time, the emergence and extensive use of "Intertextuality" in the culture provide a support for people to understand the poetry in the film and television works. Therefore, this essay regards the "Intertextuality" of postmodernism as a standpoint, discussing the media transformation from Shakespearian sonnets to videos and the cultural background of this phenomenon.The thesis is divided into five parts:The first part is the introduction, mainly introducing the ideas of the selected topic, research actuality, innovative points, and significance of the topic.The second part studies “Intertextuality” theory, the text structure of film and television, and the text structure system, backgrounds and the reasons of the transformation from poetry to film and television.The third part discusses the “Intertextuality” between Shakespearian sonnets and the transmission codes. In this process, the "Intertextuality" has generated between the poetry and the theme, plots and characters of the film, and it will construct the meaning of the film text. What's more, images and audio elements of the film and television would discover and reshape the beauty of the sonnets. Finally, the article analyses the gain and loss in the transformation from poetry to the film and television.The fourth part studies the transformation from Shakespearian sonnets to film and television in the postmodern consumption culture, and the enlightenments. In the postmodern consumption culture, the transformation is a process of de-differentiation. In addition, the use of Shakespearian sonnets has brought gospel to the film and television works, especially the commercial films.The fifth part is the conclusion, summaries the significance and influence of the transformation from Shakespearian sonnets to film and television.It follows that, the film and television art provides a new perspective for people to review Shakespearian sonnets. In the postmodern society, the sonnets do not be shelved and forgotten, or just be cherished by the elite. On the contrary, the sonnets are shown in front of the public through the audio-visual text, thus more accessible. When the poem text is transformed into the video text, the "Intertextuality" also generates. Not only does the new text contain the feelings of the poets, the interpretation of history, but it is given the new meaning by the film and television. This transformation has a very important significance: perhaps through the film and television technology, some unknown beauty of the poetry would be discovered and present to the public. In the video society, people would have another interpretation for Shakespearian sonnets.The sonnets contain the eternal themes like love, time, life and death, and it raises the themes of films to philosophy level. In addition, it will leave a deep memory for audiences because of the beautiful and concise poetic language, and at the same time the film would win a good reputation. Undoubtedly, it enables the tumult restless soul of the traveler living in the city to seek the homeward journey. It hopes that poetry could deduce permanent significance through the film and television in the era.