Downloadable! A large number of literary classics have been transformed into comic works with varied adaptation strategies. As a typical example, Cai Zhizhong’s comic adaptation of Journey to the West has made successful attempts in rewriting the story with modern elements that carry socio-cultural values. Under the general theoretical frameworks of social semiotics, this article seeks Complete list of journey to the west manga. These manga are directly or loosely based on the Journey to the West novel by Wu Cheng'en. Journey to the West is the first to show strong signs of a single author who composed all or most of the text, Journey to the West is an outwardly serious spiritual quest undercut by comic and sometimes bawdy tone. (2009), "Ming and Qing Novels" (PDF), Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire, pp. 1479-1482; Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West,initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time.Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural .

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