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1、Instructor’sName九月16,21TheAdaptionofChineseTraditionalLegendMuLanAbstractMuLanisalegendstoryfromancientChinabacktoBeiDynasty.TheoriginalstoryistellingagirlcalledMuLan,shedisguisedherselfasamantojointhearmyonbehalfofhersickandoldfather.Asthelegendisinfluentialinhistory,therearelotsofadaptionscamet
2、othemarket,andthemostinfluentialoneistheclassicmoviefromWaltDisney.Thisassaywillbefocusaboutthepointsofviewwhichdifferentfromoriginallegendandthemovie.BythecharacterMuLan,theadaptionversionchangedtheChinesetraditionalwomanfutureintoagirlwhoismorewesternandvividandshehasmorefriendsinmoviethanlegen
3、d;ThemoviealsoaddedtheelementoflovewithLiXiang;Also,thedescriptionofwarindetailhasbeenaddedthanoriginal.Thethemeofthemovieportrayedagirlwhoisself-fulfillment,chasingforfreedomandlovewhichtheoriginallegenddidnottellthispart.ThatisthereasonWaltDisney’sculturebackgroundentitledthischange.Thereare3pa
4、rtsofmyessay:Theexplorationoftheoriginallegendandtheadaptionmovie,whatarethechangedparts;Theanalysisofwhytheseadaptionhappened;Myunderstandingoftheadaption,whichversionIpreferandwhy.PartITheChineseLegendMuLan&TheWaltDisneyMuLanTheoriginallegendstorywaswroteinancientChina.Tosaythebackgroundofthatt
5、ime,duringthewar,everyfamilyinhercountryneedtocontributeamalepersontojointhearmy.InMuLan’sfamily,thereisonlyamanthere,herfatherwhoisreallysickandold.Sothestorystarts:“jiji(thesoundofloom),thereisnosoundoftheloombutonlyheavilysighfromMuLan.Askshewhatisshethinking,shesaidyesterdayIsawthemilitarycon
6、scription.Thereisnobrothersinmyfamily,Ihaveonlyaoldfather.Iamwillingtogoinsteadofmyfather.MuLanboughtallthethingsneedandfarewelltoherparents,jointhewaruntilfewyearslater,themilitarywonthewar,thekingaskedshewhatdoHEwantafterthewar,MuLansaidshedoesn'twantanytrasure,shewantahorseandgetbackhome.Soshe
7、getbackhomeasagirleventually,whichsurpriseallherfriendsbecausenooneknowssheisagirl.”ThisisashortandcompletestoryofMuLaninoriginal.Themovieadaptedlotsofpartaswellaskeptsomepartsoforiginal.HereIwillpointouttwopartsindiff
