The Different Focuses of Shakespeare’s Works in Different Social Stages of Adaptation in China

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10.2991/assehr.k.220504.532How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Shakespeare; Adaptation; Social development needs

Abstract

Different from the general idea of the public, Shakespeare’s works have entered China and appeared on the stage as early as the early 20th century. From the early era to the 1950s, the adaptation of Shakespeare’s plays tended to be secularized and popularized. In the period of the cultural revolution, Shakespeare’s plays were more used as a tool for political criticism. After the 1980s, the adaptation of Shakespeare’s plays entered a new era in China, with more integration and breakthroughs in content, form and means of expression. In this paper, it will be starting from the historical background and existing adapted works, which will analyze the development regular pattern of Shakespeare’s adaptation in China and explore the future development methods. After a hundred years of development, Chinese Dramatists and film and television workers carry out more remake and reconstruction of the adaptation of Shakespeare’s works, which is reflected in the combination of Shakespeare’s dramas and Chinese historical allusions in content and the combination of Western dramas and Chinese traditional operas in form. In different historical stages, the focus of the adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays in China is different. Behind this series of adaptations are the rise of China’s economy, the development of local cultural consciousness, and the embodiment of “harmony but difference” in Chinese culture, and mainly is the developments needs of Chinese society in different periods.

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AU  - Zi Li
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DA  - 2022/06/01
TI  - The Different Focuses of Shakespeare’s Works in Different Social Stages of Adaptation in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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