IJLLL 2024 Vol.10(1): 93-96
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2024.10.1.492
Chinese Stories in Chinese Animation: A Semiotic Interpretation of Chinese Folktales—Goose Mountain
Jingying Zuo* and Lan Yang
School of Foreign Studies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Email: jingyingzuo@mail.nwpu.edu.cn (J.Z.)
*Corresponding author
Manuscript received March 22, 2023; revised April 13, 2023; accepted April 15, 2023; published February 25, 2024
Abstract—
Goose Mountain is the second episode in the Chinese animation Chinese folktales. Rooted in traditional Chinese culture, this short film deconstructs Chinese stories into Chinese landscapes, Chinese legends and Chinese allusions. Although there is not a single line of dialogue in the whole film, it still presents a strong sense of Chinese style. Peirce’s study focuses on the role of representament in personal perception. Based on Peirce’s semiotic theory, this study adopted the definition of representament and trichotomy as theoretical framework to explore the important role of cultural representaments in the process of telling Chinese stories in Chinese animation.
Keywords—Chinese culture, Chinese story, Peirce, trichotomy
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Cite:Jingying Zuo and Lan Yang, "Chinese Stories in Chinese Animation: A Semiotic Interpretation of Chinese Folktales—Goose Mountain," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 93-96, 2024.