近五年好莱坞儿童卖座片中的孩童主角形象.doc

The Child Protagonist that Sells: Repetition and Difference in Children’s Literature Classics and Hollywood Children’s Movie Hits (2001—2005) 經典兒童近五年好萊塢兒童賣座片中的孩童主角形象’s movie hits from 2001 to 2005 resembles the features of archetypal characters constantly employed in children’s literature classics. The discussions are initially concerned with the successive definitions of what children’s literature classics, children’s movie hits, and child protagonist mean in the selected context of the circumscribed community. The argumentation is then followed by the careful examination on the characteristics of genre, theme, and eventually character exemplified in both children’s literature classics and children’s movie hits from the previously chosen list. The post-structural analysis on the difference and repetition of these “popular kids” are associated with the theoretical explanation of media studies to conclude this research. However, this paper offers the least intention to provide any guideline for young cinemagoers, parents, and pedagogues, but rather to furnish a cultural observation on how interwoven children’s culture can be and to serve a closing remark to the numerous moments of pleasure and entertainment spending in movie theaters for the past five years as well. Keywords: child protagonist, repetition, difference, children’s literature classics, children’s movie hits Loved of wise men was the shade of my rooftree. The true word of welcome was spoken in the door— Dear days of old, with the faces in the firelight, Kind folks of old, you come again no more. --Robert Louis Stevenson This project focuses on how the image of child protagonist shown in Hollywood children’s movie hits from 2001 to 2005 resembles the features of archetypal characters constantly employed in children’s literature classics. The discussions are initially concerned with the successive definitions of what children’s literature classics, children’s movie hits