A Research On Literature And Communication Of The New Media Age

The Handmaid’s Tale is the sixth novel written by Canadian woman writer Margaret Atwood in 1985.It has received numerous honors since its inception.The novel tells a story about Utopia in the future.After the bloody revolution in the United States,fanatical religious extremists abolished the Constitution and established the Gilead Republic,which is based on Christianity and the Bible.have been deprived.Women’s social status and property rights have been deprived by the Gilead.The authorities divide them into different social classes: Wife,Aunt,Handmaid,Martha,Econowife and Slut.The handmaids are healthy women with fertility.They are cured as “state-owned property” and their bodies are called “containers”.The novel is based on one of the tapes described by the Offered,one of the handmaids.It shows the history of Gilead.Although the novel describes the future,but the future is not out of reach.The author incorporates real historical events and details of life into The Handmaids’ Tale.Her purpose is to alert the world not to repeat the same mistakes.The work has become a world literary classic because of its realistic nature of time and space,and also its reflection on women’s living conditions.It has won numerous awards in both domestic and foreign literary circles.In 2017,The Handmaids’ Tale was adapted into an American drama by the MGM Television.It was officially launched on April 26 in the Hulu.It immediately gained great attention and swept the 69 th Emmy Awards.In the beginning of 2018,it won the 75 th Golden Globe Award for the best drama series and best actress in the TV series.At the same time,it caused a great sensation in China,and its popularity prompted the novel to be reprinted.This thesis tries to analyze the reasons for the difference in influence caused by the adaptation of The Handmaids’ Tale from the novel to the American drama.It is a clue to explore how the literary works explore the living space and seek the development direction in the new media era.The thesis consists of three parts: introduction,body and conclusion.The introduction introduces Margaret Atwood and The Handmaids’ Tale.It summarizes the research status of The Handmaids’ Tale at home and abroad.Then,it briefly introduces the significance and value of the topic.The body part is divided into three chapters.The first chapter mainly analyzes the external changes before and after the adaptation of the work,which is divided into two parts.The first part is the transformation of expressions.From the novel to the image,the two main methods are the reconstruction of narrative content and the change of narrative skills,showing a diverse world view and an intuitive artistic image.Therefore,The Handmaids’ Tale presented by the American drama is more in line with the aesthetics of the public and is more acceptable to the public.The second part discusses the innovation of communication methods.Literary works need to reach the readers through literary communication,as well as film and television works.In the era of new media,the dominant position of paper media has been replaced by online media.Streaming media,self-media and subtitles are the emerging new media.Because of the cooperation of the new media,The Handmaids’ Tale becomes more and more popular.The second chapter mainly discusses the internal changes before and after the adaptation of the work,which also includes two parts.The first part is based on the growth of the creative group.In the process of adapting a literary text into a film and television script,the author’s personal status is gradually dispelled in the teamwork of the scriptwriter.The author’s static writing is also replaced by the dynamic creation of the overall scriptwriter.It made The Handmaids’ Tale evolved from a flat literary work into a three-dimensional television work.The second part is concerned with the turn of the receiving group.After the work is converted from text to image,its audience is also changed from the reader to the audience.The audience has gained a new experience in the process of watching the TV series,such as the visual impact and resonance of meaning.While enjoying the audio-visual feast,the audience is also making positive meaning production and cultural creation for The Handmaids’ Tale.The third chapter comprehensively looks into the development prospects of literature in the new media era.Firstly,it analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the birth of new media to literature.Its positive significance is to broaden the channels of literary communication,it promotes the multi-directional dissemination of literary texts.The negative significance lies in the pan-entertainment culture trend brought by the new media.Due to the fast and convenient way of new media,literature may become the guise of entertainment.As a result,the public should look at the new media with a critical attitude.Secondly,it talks about the future communication of literature in the new media era.Then proposes two directions with the greatest possibility: interactive media and immersive media.Finally,the conclusion is to summarize the research of the thesis.In the era of new media,literature should make breakthroughs and innovations in external structures—expressions and modes of communication.It also needs to focus on internal composition—changing and demanding groups and accepting groups.The literature works can be good at using various new media tools for literary communication to break new ground.