鍬形蟲 出版公司:博學館圖書 作者:蘇俞丞、汪良仲撰 類型:科學科普-動植物 PDF電子書 繁體中文版

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作者：蘇俞丞, 汪良仲撰文
出版社：博學館圖書
出版年：2002
課程類型：科學科普>動植物
檔案格式：PDF
ISBN：9789577661357

書籍簡介

The Assassin tells the story of a swordswoman who refrains from killing. Hou Hsiao-hsien astonishes his audience once again by upsetting almost every convention of the wuxia (martial arts) genre in the film. This collection offers eleven readings, each as original and thought-provoking as the film itself, beginning with one given by the director himself. Contributors analyze the elliptical way of storytelling, Hou’s adaptation of the source text (a tale from the Tang dynasty, also included in this volume), the film’s appropriation of traditional Chinese visual aesthetics, as well as the concept of xia (knight-errant) that is embedded in Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist worldviews. There are also discussions of the much-celebrated sonic design of The Assassin: the nearly exclusive use of a diegetic film score is a statement on the director’s belief in cinematic reality. Underlying all the chapters is a focus on how Hou reinvents Tang-dynasty China in contemporary culture. The meticulously recreated everyday reality of the Tang world in the film highlights the ethnic and cultural diversity of the dynasty. It was a time when Sogdian traders acted as important intermediaries between Central Asia and the Tang court, and as a result Sogdian culture permeated the society. Taking note of the vibrant hybridity of Tang culture in the film, this volume shows that the historical openness to non-Chinese elements is in fact an essential part of the Chineseness expressed in Hou’s work. The Assassin is a gateway to the remote Tang-dynasty world, but in Hou’s hands the concerns of that premodern world turn out to be highly relevant to the world of the audience. 

作者簡介

Peng Hsiao-yen is research fellow at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica. She has published widely on transcultural studies and modern Chinese and Taiwanese literature and culture.

章節

List of Illustrations(第vii頁)

Character Chart(第ix頁)

Chronicle of Major Events in the Film Story before the Film Begins(第x頁)

Map of the Tang after the An Lushan Rebellion ( 763 )(第xi頁)

Acknowledgments(第xv頁)

Introduction Peng Hsiao-yen(第1頁)

Section 1 : The Auteur Speaking and Auteurism Revisited(第17頁)

• 1. The Screen Frame Is Only a Faintly Discernable Existence in the Real World: An Interview with Hou Hsiao-hsien and Xie Haimeng by Yang Zhao Translated by Christopher Lupke(第19頁)
• 2. To Kill or Not to Kill : Auteurism and Storytelling Peng Hsiao-yen(第40頁)

Section 2 : Literary and Film Adaptation and Editing(第57頁)

• 3. The Assassin and Heibai Wei : Two Dramatic Adaptations of “Nie Yinniang” Yuan-ju Liu and Peng Hsiao-yen(第59頁)
• 4. The Assassin as Adaptation and Transmedia Practice Tze-lan Deborah Sang(第72頁)

Section 3 : Sight and Sound(第87頁)

• 5. Visuality and Music in The Assassin : The Tang World Recreated Peng Hsiao-yen(第89頁)
• 6. The Three Ears of The Assassin Timmy Chih-ting Chen and Hsiao-hung Chang(第99頁)
• 7. Veiled Listening : The Assassin as an Eavesdropper Nicole Huang(第114頁)
• 8. Sounding against the Grain : Music, Voice, and Noise in The Assassin James A. Steintrager(第133頁)

Section 4 : Xia and Traditional Worldviews(第145頁)

• 9. The Martial Arts of Nostalgia : Sentimentalism and Modernity Overcome in The Assassin Jen-Hao Walter Hsu(第147頁)
• 10. Ethics and Aesthetics in The Assassin Hsiu-Chuang Deppman(第161頁)
• 11. The Something of Nothing: Buddhism and The Assassin Victor Fan(第178頁)

Appendix 1 : Pei Xing, “Nie Yinniang”(第195頁)

Appendix 2: “Nie Yinniang” ( Translated by Pedro Acosta )(第197頁)

Filmography(第202頁)

Works Cited(第205頁)

Contributors(第222頁)

Index(第224頁)