King Arthur----亚瑟成王记.docVIP

PAGE 7 课程论文 《亚瑟王》：亚瑟成王记 King Arthur：A Knight to A King Abstract：King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century.About Arthurian legend, once popular in numerous literary classics.The movie,King Arthur, put these stories onto the screen,which reappears the great achievements of the European monarch.According to the movie,this paper analyzes the reasons that make the knight Arthur be King Arthur from two main aspects :the historical background and his own characteristics. Key Words:King Arthur;historical background ;characters Introduction King Arthur, a film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni in 2004,tells a story of a legendary warrior champion. Legend of the middle ages of 4,5 century A.D, before and after,King Arthur overthrew the hundreds of years rule of the Roman Empire in the British territory,he dislodged the Saxons invasion successfully, and gradually pushed Britain to an important position in Europe through a series of political and military measures.He established a series of great achievements. The film is unusual in reinterpreting Arthur as a Roman officer rather than a medieval knight.Despite these departures from the source material,the Welsh Mabinogion, the producers of the film attempted to market it as a more historically accurate version of the Arthurian legends,supposedly inspired by new archaeological findings. The film was shot in England, Ireland, and Wales. In general,the movie focuses on the comradeship between Arthur and his knights,Arthurs concept of freedom, and how Arthur recognized the truth of the Holy See,then determined to fight for British.It is the third epic following Gladiator and Troy. The Main Plot Arthur, also known as Artorius Castus,is portrayed as a Roman cavalry officer,the son of a Roman father and a Celtic mother,