<신서유기: 몽키킹의 부활>에 드러난 영웅이야기에 관한 연구

Abstract

As of January 2018, Chinese animation the return of the great sage has become a dark horse of Chinese domestic animation with box office revenue of 161 billion won. After the release of Monkey King: Hero Is Back, the audience received rave reviews, which is a rare bona-fide of Chinese animation in recent years. Chinese animation the return of the great sage changes the narrative mode of the great sage animation story in the past, penetrates into the personal psychological level of the great sage, and makes an important elaboration on the loss of hero identity to the recovery. This animation decomposes and reconstructs the story mode and context of the original novel journey to the west. In terms of narrative theme, it also gives a new interpretation of the familiar story prototype under different historical backgrounds, thus reflecting the understanding and appeal of the new era. This paper will analyze and study the return of the great sage of journey to the west from the perspective of animation and hero narration of journey to the west. It also provides inspiration and creative direction for other filmmakers to treat literary adaptation films.