Adapted for the Screen
The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Fiction and Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19966657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hsiu-Chuang Deppman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Adapted for the screen (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.21313/hawaii/9780824833732.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4254730702 |
| ISBN | 9780824833732 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Contemporary Chinese films are popular with audiences worldwide, but a key reason for their success has gone unnoticed: many of the films are adapted from brilliant literary works. This book is the first to put these landmark films in the context of their literary origins and explore how the best Chinese directors adapt fictional narratives and styles for film. The book argues that the rise of cinema in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in the late 1980s was partly fueled by burgeoning literary movements. Fifth Generation director Zhang Yimou’s highly acclaimed films Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern, and To Live are built on the experimental works of Mo Yan, Su Tong, and Yu Hua, respectively. Hong Kong new wave’s Ann Hui and Stanley Kwan capitalized on the irresistible visual metaphors of Eileen Chang’s postrealism. Hou Xiaoxian’s new Taiwan cinema turned to fiction by Huang Chunming and Zhu Tianwen for fine-grained perspectives on class and gender relations. The seven in-depth studies include a diverse array of forms (cinematic adaptation of literature, literary adaptation of film, auto-adaptation, and non-narrative adaptation) and a variety of genres (martial arts, melodrama, romance, autobiography, documentary drama). Complementing this formal diversity is a geographical range that far exceeds the cultural, linguistic, and physical boundaries of China. The directors represented here also work in the United States and Europe and reflect the growing international resources of Chinese-language cinema
Art · China · Context (archaeology) · Drama · Literature · Martial arts · Media studies · Movie theater · Narrative · Romance · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Visual arts · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |