Vibrant Afterlives: Reshaping Ancient Chinese Mythologies for Young Readers through Webcomics
Presentation Yan Du | Moderator: 林增如 (Lim Cheng Tju)
This session highlights the significance of myths as source material for contemporary transmedia renditions of Chinese fantasy narratives, using webcomics as an example. By investigating new “afterlives” of old stories, attendees are invited to reflect on the role of webcomics in encouraging youths’ curiosity towards—and understanding of—the stories that shaped their past and present.
Yan Du (China)
Yan Du received her PhD as a Cambridge Trust scholar at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education. Her research focuses on representations of writing and girlhood in youth fiction, poetry, and media culture. She explores contemporary Chinese youth literature with a keen interest in visual and transmedia content. Yan also translates children’s books and authored My Pocket Bathroom, published by Yehoo Press.
Moderator 林增如 (Lim Cheng Tju) (Singapore)
CT Lim writes about history and popular culture in Singapore. He is the country editor (Singapore) for the International Journal of Comic Art and also the co-editor of Liquid City Volume 2, an anthology of Southeast Asian comics published by Image Comics. His articles and book chapters have appeared in Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, Journal of Popular Culture, Print Culture and various comics studies anthologies. His most recent creative non-fiction book is Drawn to Satire: Sketches of Cartoonists in Singapore. He reads too many comics.
Image drawn by Jonsuraya.
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