A Study Of Republic Of China's Society From The Perspective Of Comic In The Young Companion

The Young Companion is a well-know pictorial in shanghai during the period of the Republic of China.It had the reputation of being a “good friend all over the world”.Therefore,it goes to show that the value of the times of The Young Companion.it was published from 1926 to 1945 and had 172 issues.There were comics as many as 614.As an artistic representation of an objective thing,comics are what the creator saw and felt in daily life.Therefore,we can analyze the content presented of comics by combining the era background of comic writing with personal experiences of creators from this.We can glimpse some of the real existence of social life and political changes in its time.As a consequence,there is no doubt that analysing the content presented comics of The Young Companion is an important medium for showing the epitome of society from the late 1920 s to the early 1940 s.There are three categories of comics contained in The Young Companion.First of all,it presents the living conditions of the Shanghai people under the blending of the old and new social environment.There are the scenes of the modern life of men and women in “Ten Miles of Luxury”,as well as the cross-street poverty of the general public.In the second place,it also reflects the change of people's thoughts and concepts and social customs in Shanghai.The concept of equality between men and women in comics is deeply rooted.The concept of free love and self-determination in seeking a partner in marriage are also accepted by ordinary people.It becomes a trend for women to break away from the shackles of the family to society.In addition,as the level of commercialization in Shanghai continues to deepen,The Shanghai people's consumption view also shows tremendous changes.Application Framework,it shows the current affairs of this period.The content mainly revolves around the Japanese forces invasion of China during the Anti-Japanese War and the attitude of the world organization and people of different strata for this war,and calls on the people to actively fight the war.In short,The comics of The Young Companion not only witnessed the stylish lifestyle of the people of Shanghai in the past two decades,the change of ideological concepts and the formation of modern customs.It also witnessed the Japanese forces invasion of China.Recording the attitude and behavior of different classes in this war.Analyzing the content presented in the comic of The Young Companion can provide readers with an excellent view of the Shanghai style and political affairs of the Republic of China.