THE PHENOMENON OF CROSS-DRESSING IN LIANG SHANBO AND ZHU YINGTAI STORY IN CHINESE LITERATURE, THEATRE AND FILM: ORIGIN AND MODERN VERSIONS Karolína Krištofová 472021 [USEMAP] [USEMAP] RESEARCH QUESTIONS •Main: How was cross-dressing treated in Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai story adaptations in China from second half of 20th century? • •Secondary: What is the connection between popularity of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai story in modern China and the phenomenon of cross-dressing in the story? • [USEMAP] PRIMARY SOURCES •Butterfly lovers: a tale of Chinese Romeo and Juliet, 2000 •Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai 梁山伯与祝英台, 1954 • •Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai 梁山伯与祝英台, 2004 •The Lovers 梁祝, 1994 •The Love Eterne, 1963 • SECONDARY SOURCES •Literary and movie adaptations •Theatrical adaptations • - multiple layers of cross-dressing [USEMAP] •The Love Eterne, 1963 • - primary source • - secondary source, analysed by Zheng (2012) and Wang (2012) • - overlaps movie and theatre genre [USEMAP] METHODOLOGY •Content analysis •Context analysis [USEMAP] •Latest perspective • - queer reading (Li, 2003) • - gender issues (Butler, 1990) [USEMAP] THANK YOU REFERENCES •BUTLER, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York : Routledge, 1990. ISBN 9780415900430 •LI, Siu Leung. Cross-dressing in Chinese Opera. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2003. ISBN 9789622096035. •WANG, Chun-Chi. Eternal Love for Love Eterne: The Discourse and Legacy of Love Eterne and the Lingbo Frenzy in Contemporary Queer Films in Taiwan. Art Studies [online]. Vol. 11 [cit 2020-12-09], 169-237. National Central University Art Institute, 2012. Available WWW: http://art.ncu.edu.tw/journal/words/%E7%AC%AC11%E6%9C%9F-%E7%8E%8B%E5%90%9B%E7%90%A6.pdf •ZHENG, Stacy. Zhu Yingtai’s Gender Fluidity: A Critical and Sociohistorical Context for The Butterfly Lovers Canon and Gender Identity and Gender Performance in The Love Eterne. Bryn Mawr Collage, 2012. Available WWW: • • •