The Subversion of “Journey to the West”—“The Legend of Wukong” and the Rewritten of “Journey to the West”

Abstract

Adapted from the literary classic “Journey to the West”, the author of the online novel “Legend of Wukong” places the expression of the spirit of “Journey to the West” on the growth of individual characters and the pursuit of ideals. He unfolds the narrative with defamiliarization, adds contemporary elements of the worldview and outlook on life, changes the characters, language, narrative and other aspects of the novel, and expresses the awakening of individual consciousness and the destruction of personal ideals from the characters’ acts of resistance, subverts the original concept of “Journey to the West”, and reflects the humanistic connotation of the spirit of “Journey to the West” in the new era.