A Study Of Mulan Films

Mulan has been known to every household in China.She officially became famous from the "Ode of Mulan".From a brave,filial girl to today's spokesperson of "filial" culture in traditional Chinese culture,what lies in her image is Chinese people 's good imagination of fine traditional morality of Chinese nation for thousands of years.From generation to generation,the story of Mulan developed from the earliest oral communication to poetry,drama,popular novels and other forms of art.And after twentieth Century,it has come to the front of the screen.Through the interpretation of this new media,Mulan's story presents a unique discourse form in space and time.1)1924<Mulan>(Dramaepisode)(Li Minwei,Mei Lanfang);2)1927<Hua Mulan>(Li Pingqian,Hu Shan);3)1928<Mulan>(Hou Yao,Li Dandan);4)1939<Maiden In Armour>(Bu Wancang,Chen Yunshang);5)1956<Hua Mulan>(Opera Film)(Liu Guoquan,Chang Xiangyu);6)1964<Lady Central Hua Mulan>(Opera Film)(Yue Feng,Ling Bo);7)1998<Mulan>(Animation Film);8)2009<Hua Mulan>(Ma Chucheng,Zhao Wei).In different shooting times,Mulan's story changes the plot and characters with the change of history and times.This kind of "replacement" has a relationship of mutual viewing and mutual contemplation with the social,historical and cultural context at that time.This thesis mainly uses the literature research method,text analysis method and comparative analysis method,along the film history to investigate the transformation craft characteristic of selected Mulan films text,to summarize the changes in the development of Mulan film system systematically.The first chapter mainly expatiates on the “Ode of Mulan”,Mulan opera in the literary world and the relevant reports and essays on "Mulan" in the early years of the Republic of china.In the second chapter,according to the time of film shooting,it carries on single or comparative analysis to Mulan film text,to explore the transformation characteristics and creative trends of text in story telling.The third chapter explains the changes of the text in the process of adaptation of those eight Mulan films from the vertical perspective.In the comprehensive research,we focuses on how the story of Mulan joining the army change the way of discourse in the film,becoming a flickering mirror that reflects the national imagination and the discourse of the times,so that make itself maintain a long-term appeal and vitality in the context of global culture.