Narrative Transformation in Contemporary Martial Arts Animation:Pluralis-tic Integration of Paradigm Modalities and the Ultimate Expression of Aesthet-ics of Violence
The narrative approach of domestic martial arts animated films is primarily characterized by the transformation from temporal narrative to the integration of various narrative methods,as well as the full expression of the aesthetics of violence in spatial narration.The shift towards a narrative model that combines multiple narrative methods not only enriches the character portrayal in the story but also advances the aesthetics of martial arts animation towards diversification.As a narrative method of the aesthetics of violence in cinema,it originated and became popular in American Hollywood action films in the first half of the 20th century and flourished in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1990s,finding its full expression in the martial arts animated films of China in this century.Martial arts animation often moves the audience with a poetic form of the aesthetics of violence,creating not only a beautiful and unrestrained narrative mood but also presenting more sophisticated aesthetic characteristics.In the narrative model of the aesthetics of violence,its integration with entertainment elements and the full expression of poetic nature will be an important direction for the development of domestic martial arts animation.
Martial Arts AnimationAesthetics of ViolenceNarrative ParadigmPluralistic Integration