神话重述的表现及其应然性

“神话重述”作为一个跨国性的文化项目，并没有在中国文化界引起大的影响，这与当今的神话重述立足于市场运作及神话功能的消失有关。从中国神话的重述历程可以看出，中国古代和现代对神话的重述包含有极大的意识形态性，而当前对神话的重述则仅仅是一种娱乐性的手段。神话的重述应是人类对世界解释的继续，是人类情感不断丰富和自我认识不断深入的体现，同时也应满足人们的乌托邦想象，并达到对现实的一种意向性对抗。

On the Performance and Necessity of Retelling Myths

As a transnational cultural project, ＂retelling myths＂ has less influence than expected, because the function of myths disappeared and the retelling myths was located in market operation. In view of the history of retelling myths in ancient and contemporary China, retelling myths included ideologies. By contrast, it is for entertainment now. In fact, retelling myths is an explanation about the world and the imagination of the utopian, it can be regarded as a kind of consciousness against the reality.