A Study On The Image Construction Of Greek Mythology In Hollywood Films In The 21st Century

The splendid ancient Greek civilization gave birth to the unique ancient Greek mythology,which still nourishes the artistic creation of later generations.From the oral creation,to the reproduction of written and printed works,to the dramatic image presentation,the ancient Greek mythology has presented colorful images in the iteration of generations of media.Hollywood,as the authoritative film incubator of the United States,also spared no effort to excavate and present Greek mythology.This paper mainly explores the image construction of Greek mythology in Hollywood films in the 21 st century,in order to get a grasp of how the modern western film art interprets the Greek mythology and recreates the characteristics of the hero image,and to reveal the creation characteristics of the film art language in image building as far as possible.The first part is the introduction,which summarizes the current status and hot spots of relevant research,laying a foundation for the analysis of the following.The second part describes the basic situation of Greek mythology as a subject of academic research and artistic creation and the basic characteristics of Hollywood's use of Greek mythology as a story script to make films,and introduces the general situation of Hollywood's film production of Greek mythology in the past 20 years.The third part,the paper analyzes the Hollywood movies for the creation of the Greek myth image construction strategies,used in the focus from the creation and heroes,the opposite of "other" image contrast,highlight the power of the hero and struggle to fate,to refine the hero image and visual codes three Angle,Hollywood films on the theme of the Greek myth image construction and characterization.The fourth part analyzes the cultural significance production and image dissemination effect of Hollywood films in the context of consumer culture through the image construction of Greek mythology.