Study On The Transformation From Chinese Folktales To Picture Books Since The New Century

Since the new century,folktales have become an important source of Chinese original picture books.This kind of picture books has had a significant impact on the development of the original picture books,and has different characteristics from others.This paper focuses on the transformation from folktales to picture books,analyzes the current creation from the content,form and concept.On this basis,the paper puts forward the development direction,hoping to provide theoretical reference for the creation of such picture books.Content rewriting is an important basis for the transformation from folktales to picture books,which needs to highlight modernity and childhood.The adapters should "judge the ancient with modern vision",take the modern view of children and children’s literature as the standard,rewrite the violent plot with fairy tale elements such as fantasy thinking and game spirit.The choice of the consoling function and educational significance of the ending conveys the reinterpretation of the story by the adapters.In the relationship between characters,the "binary opposition" structure based on a single value judgment has been strengthened,weakened,absent,and reversed.In terms of polishing details,the adapters concretize the abstract forms of folktales such as image,artistic conception and psychology,and strive to find a balance between oral language and written language to meet children’s reading needs and aesthetic experience.Form changing is the key to the transformation from folktales to picture books and a graphic retelling of oral literature.Picture books adjust the single-line narrative strategy and the fast storytelling rhythm,through composite texts such as multiple relationships between illustration and text,page turning and illustration partition.As a kind of visual art,picture books present the storyline in the form of stage,set and transform the scene by color,line,medium and other means.In addition,illustrators design props creatively to convey folk customs and fantasy characteristics,shape functional roles,and visualize character relationships and magical elements.Renewing the concept is the core of the spirit,which pursues the integration of "folk" and "childhood".The transformation from folktales to picture books is a modern interpretation of folk values.Adapters should inherit and innovate national cultural tradition,absorb and interpret the folk spirit of "freedom".At the same time,these picture books have a dual orientation of childhood life.They inherit human’s original fantasy thinking and close relationship with nature,reviewing and protecting human childhood.More importantly,these picture books should face the future,respect and liberate children’s lives,pay attention to their real situation,and show them the possibility of self-development and realization.As a part of the inheritance and creation of traditional culture,the transformation from folktales to picture books should be rooted in traditional national culture,and cannot be separated from the exploration of modern childhood and individual values.Adapters should strive to explore timeless values that transcend the author’s personal and limited time and space.Only in this way can picture books express folktales and their cultural connotations better.