희곡에서 영화로 확장된 ‘木蘭’ 고사 연구- 서사의 변형과 주제를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study considered the narrative transformation and theme of being shown in a movie targeting the Mulan(木蘭) story films that had been produced from 1939 to 1964. The movies, which were made in this period, were influenced mostly by Chinese opera(戲曲). These films include <Hua Mulan(木蘭從軍)>(1939), which was made into a movie from Beijing opera(京劇), <Hua Mulan(花木蘭)>(1956), which was produced into a film from Henan Opera(豫劇), and <Lady General Hua Mulan(花木蘭)>(1964), which was made into a movie from Huangmei Opera(黃梅調). The story that the reason for the service in a war by a maiden dressed up as a man originated from the filial affection for replacing his elderly father is the content that cannot be often seen in other traditional plays, thereby having further aroused curiosity among the public. And this story is reflecting the unique situation faced by that era in the movie as it is. What inquires into the narrative transformation and theme in these movies implies to examine the situation of the times. Mulan’s narrative is having expandability to develop into various themes and formats and is responding flexibly to the narratives according to the situation of each era. The consideration of the narrative structure in Mulan story films led to having examined which influence the periodical situation had upon a narrative, with which theme it had been transformed and expanded, and also how heroine Mulan had changed.