Identity and cultural allegory amidst the Chinese new era: Analyzing narrative strategies of the Chinese science fiction film

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Figure 1. The relationship structure of the actantial model.

Figure 2. The relationship structure of the semiotic square (Greimas 1983).

Figure 3. Scene from The Wandering Earth showing Liu Peiqiang preparing to drive the space station into Jupiter, presented from his internal focalization. (© China Film Co., Ltd.).

Figure 4. Scene from The Wandering Earth adopting Han Duoduo’s subjective point of view. (© China Film Co., Ltd.).

Figure 5. The frozen city of Beijing depicted through the internal focalization of Liu Qi and Han Doduo in The Wandering Earth. (© China Film Co., Ltd.).

Figure 6. The World Park portrayed from an omniscient Perspective in Crazy Alien. (© Huanxi Media Group Co., Ltd.).

Figure 7. Street scenes in Crazy Alien. (© Huanxi Media Group Co., Ltd.).

Figure 8. The depiction of the United Earth Government in The Wandering Earth bears resemblance to the United Nations in the present international political landscape. (© China Film Co., Ltd.).

Figure 9. The actantial model of The Wandering Earth.

Figure 10. The semiotic square of The Wandering Earth.

Figure 11. The actantial model of Crazy Alien.

Figure 12. The semiotic square of Crazy Alien.

Figure 13. Industrial scenes in The Wandering Earth. (© China Film Co., Ltd.).

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