ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.06.001
Embodiment of Flexibility in Fighting Plots—Taking Chinese Version of Marvel Novels as Examples
Yun Li
Department of Humanity and Social Science, College of Science and Technology, Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China.
*Corresponding author: Yun Li
Published: July 12, 2023
Abstract
As Marvel films gain overwhelming popularity around the world, Marvel novels have been popular with millions of fans in film market all over the world. The culture and values behind them have exerted significant impact on Chinese people. The quality of translation of novel texts, as a carrier to convey knowledge and cultural connotation, affects the accuracy of the information afforded to targeted readers. The fighting plots are one of the attractive highlights of Marvel novels, showing the hero’s courage and determination as well as his national passion for adventure. This article centers on the analysis of embodiment of flexibility in fighting plots from the perspective of linguistic, literary and cultural features of Chinese version of Marvel novels to involve readers experience dynamic and fierce fighting scenes in movies vividly and personally, demonstrating the heroic traits and promoting further understanding of ideology and spirits readers have accepted behind Marvel novels so as to make people know how to properly treat the culture and values disseminated by America.
Keyword
Marvel Novels, Fighting Plots, Heroic, Culture and Value
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Embodiment of Flexibility in Fighting Plots—Taking Chinese Version of Marvel Novels as Examples
How to cite this paper: Yun Li. (2023) Embodiment of Flexibility in Fighting Plots—Taking Chinese Version of Marvel Novels as Examples. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(6), 1052-1056.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.06.001