- Story of the monkey: The modular narrative and its origin of <The Uproar in Heaven>
- ㆍ 저자명
- Wang. Lei
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 만화애니메이션 연구= Cartoon and animation studies
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2012년|29권 4호|pp.61-75 (15 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국만화애니메이션학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
The essay explores the narrative structure of the classical Chinese feature animation, <The Uproar in Heaven> (a.k.a. Da Nao Tian Gong, 1964). The film is presented with a modular structure which is quite unique compared with the storytelling in feature animated films from other cultures, but could be connected with the tradition narrative structure in Chinese Zhanghui style novels in Ming and Qing Dynasty. By relating the original text of the story, the 16th century novel Journey to the West (a.k.a. Xi You Ji), with the film <The Uproar in Heaven>, the essay addresses the question of how the narrative tradition in Chinese classical literature influenced the Uproar in Heave for its segment narrative structure, character driven storytelling strategy and mirrored repetitive 2 plot lines. The subject of this essay is even more significant after the restored 3D version of <The Uproar in Heaven> was re-released in the spring of 2012 and became one of the best-selling animated feature film in the history of the country.