| Myth is the product of the collective imagination that continues the cultural roots in the history of human evolution,and the archetype is the image that emerges through the myth.The method of myth-prototype criticism is to return to the era of myth narrative from a historical perspective,to find the origin of myth in the long river of national culture,and to elevate the national spirit and cultural roots to general story production in the interweaving of reality and imagination.Discover the laws of literary works.With the iteration and innovation of animation technology,people’s infinite imagination of myth has a visual way of processing and creation.Today’s animation images refurbish ancient myths again.Through the extraction and adaptation of mythological prototypes,"Nezha" and its different narrative texts such as religion,mythology,and novels are presented on the screen and on the screen,forming a series of 4 animated films and 2 It is a domestic animation work of the "Nezha" genealogy composed of full-length animation series.This article is precisely through the analysis of the prototype of the "Nezha" image in the animation works,traces how the "Nezha" image has completed the iteration and construction in the historical evolution,and thus goes deep into the rich resources of Chinese traditional culture to find the original mythology art.The foundation of thinking and the spiritual characteristics of national culture,trying to explore the contemporary significance of mythological archetypes,and making suggestions for future Chinese mythology-themed animation adaptations.This article is divided into five chapters.Chapter 1 Introduction is based on the current Chinese animation industry’s development of Chinese mythology-themed animation works as a research basis,and respectively studies the animation works of the "Nezha" genealogy,domestic mythology-themed animations,and the relationship between domestic animation and Chinese traditional culture.After sorting out,we will explore the current situation and pain points of the adaptation of domestic mythology-themed animation works,and put forward the research question of this paper:how does the Chinese myth prototype show the root of Chinese spirit and national culture in animation creation.The research on this key issue is the value and significance of this paper.The innovation of this paper is to use the research perspective of myth-prototype criticism to explain the meaning and possibility of the conversion of national myths to animation works through the analysis of the mythic archetype of "Nezha" and its historical evolution.The second chapter interprets the "Nezha" as the prototype of mythology in the retrospect of the image of "Nezha" in the texts of religion,mythology and fiction.The image of "Nezha" first appeared in religion and mythology,and the filling of its story text originated from the literary processing of later novels.This series of image transformations are all artistic practices centered on the prototype,and are the "Nezha".Animation recaps and prototype analysis provide the textual basis.The third chapter is from the analysis of the animation works of the "Nezha"genealogy,to clarify the "Nezha" and its image composition as the mythological prototype resurrected in the context of contemporary animation.According to the historical process of animation creation and the changes of the times,this paper discusses in depth the cultural representations behind the animation works of "Nezha".Then,through the comparative analysis of the modeling design,age setting,story time background and character relationship of the "Nezha" image,it summarizes the characteristics of the "Nezha" animation character and the similarities of the characters,for the further analysis of "Nezha"."The mythological archetype provides figurative perspective.The fourth chapter is based on the prototype presentation of the animation "Nezha" obtained from the analysis above,combined with the image shaping of "Nezha" in different textual expressions,and reverses the perspective of the Chinese cultural spirit contained in it.Chinese mythology has natural national characteristics and cultural representations,and contains the laws of heaven in the theocratic society.The body of "Nezha" highlights the symbol of totem worship in ancient times,and the concept of immortality of the soul allows "Nezha" to be reborn and reincarnated at the end of life.The fifth chapter summarizes the contemporary significance of the animation adaptation of the mythological prototype based on the analysis of the prototype of "Nezha".The selection of mythological archetypes is the core issue of animation adaptation.Understanding the essence of traditional Chinese culture helps to grasp the cultural spiritual connotation behind animation in the construction of cultural identity,so that mythology-themed animation works can cater to the cultural psychology of a wide range of audiences.Looking at animation creation from a developmental perspective and gradually building up a mythical "universe" will prolong the contemporary vitality of animation art. |
