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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Contemporary Social Context Characteristic of Postmodernism
1.1 An introduction to postmodernism
1.2 A complicity of postmodernism and mass culture
Chapter 2 From Fiction to Film
2.1 Inseparability of fiction and film: chronicle of film adaptation
2.2 Impossibility of absolute fidelity to fiction: transformation between two different media forms
2.3 Evolution of adapting concepts
2.3.1 From traditional or modem to postmodern
2.3.2 Causes for the evolution
Chapter 3 Case Studies: Movies Adaptations with Conspicuous Postmodern Elements
3.1 Forest Gump: commercialized adaptation
3.1.1 "Feelgood" treatment: idealizing Gump, demonizing Jenny and erasing irony
3.1.2 Hidden commercialized motive: winning profits through winning sympathy
3.2 Hamlet: Digitalized adaptation
3.2.1 When classics encountering contemporary
3.2.2 Loss of profundity
3.3 Mulan: Cross-national adaptation
3.3.1 Orientalization to correspond to western conception of"Chines-ness"
3.3.2 A western view injected into a Chinese legend
Chapter 4 Far-reaching Effects on Society, Literature and Film Industry
4.1 Concerns of Sociologists
4.2 Influence on literature: interactive and mutual-promoted
4.3 Influence on film production: reflection and development
4.3.1 A new film creation method
4.3.2 A contribution to the prosperity of film industry
Conclusion
Bibliography
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