The Transformation of Monkey King: A Semiotic Perspective

Lei Yang () and Thawascha Dechsubha ()
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Lei Yang: School of Liberal Arts, Shinawatra University, Thailand
Thawascha Dechsubha: School of Liberal Arts, Shinawatra University, Thailand

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2022, vol. 37, issue 1, 470-475

Abstract: The Journey to the West, based on the story of Chen Xuanzang’s learning from the scriptures in the Tang Dynasty, was finally written by Wu Cheng’en in the Ming Dynasty, which deeply reflected the social reality at that time. It was not only the first romantic novel about ghosts and gods in ancient China, but also a masterpiece of romanticism in the history of world literature. The hero of the story, Monkey King, has been constantly mythologized in the process of China’s folk communication, becoming a household name hero and a cultural sign. Taking the Monkey King as the research object, this paper discusses its cross-media transformation from the perspective of semiotics, in order to provide some reference for China’s excellent traditional literature to go out.

Keywords: The Journey to the West; Monkey King; Cross-media communication; Cultural signs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.47577/tssj.v37i1.7641

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