Abstract

Zhang Yimou(张艺谋)’s movie <Judou> is the one that was made by adapting Liu Heng’s novel 『Fuxi Fuxi』. This writing is aimed to inquire into the narrative structure of a movie through comparing two works. What examines <Judou>, which is positioned in the middle of the period that <Red Sorghum(红高粱)> and <Raise The Red Lantern(大紅燈籠高高掛)> were produced, is an important point available for checking an aesthetic flow in Zhang Yimou’s movie. With paying attention to this point, this study shed light on the cinematic value that Judou> has. To this end, the thematic consciousness in the movie <Judou> was explored through the narrative comparison between original novel and movie, namely, through the setting of space-time backgrounds and characters, a variation of the narrative, and the cinematic techniques and devices. First, a character who leads a narrative in the novel is Tianqing, but is Judou in the movie. This movement of the central figure is associated with the thematic consciousness of the movie. It took a look at how Tianqing’s sexual awareness and sexual desire of being seen in the novel are changed in the movie. Second, it analyzed the closed space in a dyeing factory, Tianqing’s sneaking a look at Judou, and the meaning of sunlight and backlight. Third, a narrative on feudal violence was inspected. Through ancestral shrine(祠堂) and color, the image of feudalism was searched. Through dyeing cloth, ‘coloring’ was clarified to metaphorize the injection of feudalism. Especially through a few devices that appear in the movie, Tianbai was confirmed to be a successor of feudalism. Fourth, it dealt with the violation of taboos, namely, incest and killing father(殺父). It examined what the meaning of killing father is that was committed by Tianbai, along with a taboo violation by Judou and Tianqing.

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