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A Study on Development of Chinese xian-xia films and its Space Aesthetics in the 21st Century -Foucuse on Journey to the West films

21세기 중국 선협영화의 발전 및 그 공간 미학 연구 - 서유기류 작품을 중심으로

  • 김보경 (북경대학교 문화산업연구원)
  • Received : 2019.01.08
  • Accepted : 2019.02.20
  • Published : 2019.02.28

Abstract

Chinese xian-xia films is a new genre that occurred through the fusion of the genre of martial arts and fantasy. This study analyzed the development of xian-xia films and the space aesthetics of xian-xia films through the miseenscene of the journey to the west films. In particular, the space for xian-xia in the films is divided into the human, urinary, heaven world and the space of conflict. It looks like the fantastic Middle Earth that Tolkien presented, however it is discriminatory in that it shows a highly Chinese appearance and overlapping world centered on the natural environment (the world of Mountains and Livers), such as mountains, deserts, caves, and grasslands, which usually appears in traditional martial arts history. Resently, the boom of journey to the west films is regarded as the change of the Chinese film industry under the influence of the development of IP (Intellectual Property) industry and the western fantasy genre in the 21st century China. This change marks the birth of the new Chinese fantasy "xian-xia" genre with the spirit of the present era that transcends the original world of journey to the west through the hybridization of the genre.

선협영화는 무협영화와 판타지(奇幻) 영화라는 장르의 융합을 통해 발생한 새로운 장르이다. 본고는 중국선협영화의 대표작인 서유기류 영화의 미장센을 통해 선협영화의 탄생과 변화 및 선협 영상미학을 분석하였다. 특히, 서유기류 영화의 선협공간은 인간계와 요계, 요계와 신선계, 천계와 인간계로 구분되어 서로 대립하는 공간으로서 비록 톨킨이 제시했던 환상적인 제2의 공간(Middle Earth)의 모습과 닮아있지만 전통적인 무협서사에서 주로 나타나는 산, 사막, 동굴, 초원 등 자연환경(강호세계)을 중심으로 지극히 중국적인 모습과 중첩된 세계를 보여준다는 점에서 차별적이다. 최근 선협영화로서 서유기류 영화의 유행은 서구 판타지 장르의 영향아래 중국의 디지털 기술 발전에 따른 IP(Intellectual Property)소설이 매체와 장르를 넘나들며 확장되어 메타 서사화 된 결과라고 볼 수 있다. 이러한 변화는 장르의 혼종을 통해 원작 서유기 세계를 넘어서는 현시대정신을 지닌 새로운 중국적 판타지인 "선협"장르의 탄생을 의미한다.

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