Selection And Acceptance: Since The New Film Adaptation Of Modern And Contemporary Chinese Literature

The adaption of movie to modern and contemporary literature of China is an important literature phenomenon from new era. As the most direct connection between literature and movie, adaption is a kind of choice and acceptance with photograph in its nature. The practice of movie adaption to literature from new era suggests that on one hand, movie, basing on original literature works, chooses and accepts these literature works artistically in contents, topics, image building, art structure, etc., to explain and broadcast China modern and contemporary literature by "re-reading"; on the other hand, with movie’s status and impact improving as a mass media from the new era, aesthetic tendency and value orientation presented by the choice and acceptance of movie adaption to original literature works, in return, casts an more and more obvious impact on literature development of China from the new era.This article studies on movie adaption to China modern and contemporary literature from the new era and develops with the two perspectives above. So, the structure of the article concludes in three perspectives of movie adaption to literature:theoretical premise, adaption practice and impact and reaction of movie adaption to China modern and contemporary literature. The article breaks down on following four chapters:Chapter One describes theoretical premise of movie adaption, explaining the reason that movie adaption favors literature, especially for novels, rather than other art forms. Thus the article analyzes the inner connections between movie and literature. On one hand, the difference of literature and movie on media method, narrative style and acceptance way makes literature and movie independent art forms and possesses independent art characters; on the other hand, the meet and inter-penetration of two art forms provides the possibility of movie Intertextualite to literature by adapting. Specifically, unique creation and "empty" of literature text, inter-cross and integration, mixture of acceptance and expectation from audience, etc.. are the major factors, which make possible for movie to adapt literature.After describing the theoretical premise, the article discusses the practice of movie adaption from the new era in details and depth, trying to present clearly how movie adaption to choose and accept China modern and contemporary literature on a basis of comparative "specific reading" to movie adaption text and literature text. Through the vivid stage character of movie adaption, the article divides movie adaption from the new era into two stage:new era (year1977to1989) and from year1990. Accordingly, the article discusses in details in two chapters.Chapter Two describes the choice and acceptance of movie adaption to modern and contemporary literature on the basis of aesthetical principle, presenting the new birth of art by bringing order out of chaos politically, from returning of realism and presence of humanism. The returning of realism in movie adaption from new era went through a historical evolving course from returning to main stream ideology to cultural introspection. The presence of humanism also takes a deepening diachronic course. From the perspective of adaptation practice, the returning of realism presents on three dimension:a demonstration of positive value, an enhancing of critical consciousness and weakening of hardship, a call to realistic emotion and transition to grand narration. The presence of humanism demonstrates on two dimensions:human’s awakening and call to humanity, a mercy and emotion to hardship of survival. In addition, the concept of movie adaption in new era also possesses an obvious change:from a "loyalty to original works" in its early stage to a stand of "a bit of extraction and self-highlight" in its mid-later stage.Chapter Three describes choice and acceptance ef movie to modern and contemporary literature within a condition of market economics multi-culture rules from year1990and presents obvious changes of movie adaption between contemporary time and time from new era by perspective of mass culture, global culture and post-modernism. Movie adaption from year1990, presents a diversifying style because of a popularization character and a plane character of depth and value of post modernism. The article tries to describe its diversity from multi-perspectives and dimension. The article discusses entertainment of commercial condition anxiety of desire consumption, attendance and convergence to international viewpoint of globalization context, anti-authority of post modernism context, anti-decent and life simulation, etc..Chapter Four discusses the impact of flourishing movie adaption to modern and contemporary literature, basing on previous discussion. The choice and acceptance of movie adaption to literature highlights the strengthening of counteraction of movie art to literature with an enhancing impact of movie on social cultural life and a fading of elite literature from new era. The article reviews the impact of movie adaption as a special acceptance method on modern authors, literature text, literature style and audience aesthetic from creation subject, literature text and acceptance subject. The detailed impacts includes:movie adaption casts an impact on evolution and erosion of modern literature text, movie adaption casts an impact on literature stand choice and creation concept of authors, movie adaption casts an impact on aesthetic preference of audience by influencing aesthetic tendency and interests of audience, etc.. The article analyzes in depth the interaction and intersexuality connection of China modern movie and modern and contemporary literature by concentrating on practice of movie adaption to China modern and contemporary literature with a methodology of theory description and text analysis. The article discusses in depth aesthetic connections of literature text and movie text and the impact of movie adaption as a kind of literature acceptance method on modern literature. The article tries to push the study on the connection of movie and literate from new era to go further through above endeavor.