木兰西游记——木兰传说的跨文化改编

Mulan's Journey to the West:Transcultural Adaptation of the Legend of Mulan

木兰传说主要基于《木兰诗》中木兰代父从军的故事,充分体现了中华文化的忠孝精神。一千多年来,该传说跨越了时间、空间与文化,以不同的艺术形式、体裁、媒介展现着木兰作为民族女英雄的独特魅力。在全球化的时代背景下,木兰传说逐渐走出国门,接受了来自西方的跨文化改编,情节与道德价值观得以重塑。本文分析了木兰传说在美国传播与接受过程中发生的改变,并从文化和商业两方面探讨了改编背后的动机,然后从接受角度来看跨文化改编如何才能在世界性与民族性之间达到平衡,从而帮助我们更好地去理解赋有全新意义的木兰。

The legend of Mulan is mainly based on Ballad of Mulan in which she joins the army in place of her father,embodying filial piety and loyalty,core spirits in Chinese culture.For over a thousand years,the tale,despite its journey across time,geography and culture,shows the unique charm of Mulan as a national heroine with different forms,genres,and media.In the trend of globalization,the legend of Mulan has gradually travelled abroad to accept transcultural adaptation from the West,thus its plot and moral values are reshaped.This paper has analyzed what transformations the legend of Mulan has been made in the dissemination and acceptance in the United States,and probed into the motives behind such adaptations from cultural and commercial elements,then explored the ways to balance globalism and nationalism in transcultural adaptation from the aspect of response,so as to help us better understand Mulan with new connotations.