Summary on Modern Adaptation of All Men Are Brothers
The paper examines All Men Are Brothers-based fictions and plays written between 1917 to 1949.The author tries to outline a biography of related works and categorizes them into three dramatic themes constituted with chivalry,humanity and ideology.The paper also explores specific historical and cultural background,the physiology of creative adaptation,the reader's expectations,presentation and thematic analysis.With a discussion of the adaptive works' artistic success and failure,the author attempts to sort out the possibility and limit of the creative efforts based on the classic.The essay ends with a case study of "Lin Chong Dash at Night",a scenario adapted by three different plays.
Preface 1. Changing Times 2. On the Way to a Different Place 3. This Land Is Their Land 4. Their Name Is "Woman" 5. A Rightful Coming of Age 6. Not Without Struggle Afterword Notes Church Documents Cited Index