「梁山伯與祝英台」為中國四大民間傳說之一，其故事流傳及表演的藝術類型，都遠比其他三則傳說來得豐富。其中又以電影、電視劇的呈現，最為普遍，也最大眾化，本論文選擇西元1953年至2008年之間的十齣「梁祝」影視作品，就故事演變與人物形象的沿襲與新創，探討之。<br>本論文《沿襲與新創：現代梁祝影視作品研究》共分六個章節：<br>第一章〈緒論〉，敘述本論文選擇「梁祝」作為研究文本的動機、目的，並探討前人研究成果，擬定研究範圍、步驟及論文架構。<br>第二章〈梁祝故事原型及演變現象〉，就「梁祝」重要情節，討論故事原型，再略述唐代至清代「梁祝」故事的成形與演變，以了解「梁祝」在民國以前的發展狀況，整理出參照比較的傳統文本依據。<br>第三章〈梁祝故事核心人物形象塑造〉以《梁祝故事說唱集》、《梁祝文化大觀?故事歌謠卷》作為本章論述文本，歸納民國前「梁祝」故事核心人物的傳統形象。<br>第四章及第五章乃〈沿襲與新創：現代梁祝影視作品研究〉（上）（下）兩篇，將十齣影視作品區分為傳統戲曲類、現代電影及電視劇三類，先個別討論其創作背景、劇情概述、主題及人物形象，最後再將十齣作品綜合論述，歸納出「梁祝」在現代影視作品中，人物形象的沿襲與新創，以及臺灣、大陸、香港三地的視覺文化之特色。<br>第六章〈結論〉則是對本論文作一歸納與總結，預估「梁祝」未來研究的遠景。<br>本論文另有附錄：〈梁祝研究文獻列表〉、〈梁祝影視出品年表〉、〈梁祝影視作品資料表〉、〈劇照〉，以供文字敘述之參照 。 Butterfly Lovers” is the story of Chinese four major folklores. The richness of the spread of story and the type of performance art are far more than the other three legends. Among them, films and television serials are the most common and most popular types. This research discussed the papers from 1953 to 2008 among the ten “Butterfly Lovers” films and television series on the evolution of the story and the old images with new initiatives.<br>Followed and Innovation: Research on the Modern Films and Television Series of “Butterfly Lovers” Story was divided into six sections:<br>Chapter I ‘Introduction’ described the motives, purposes and reasons why the “Butterfly Lovers” story was selected as the study subject and the development of the scope of the study, steps and the thesis structure by studying the conclusions of the previous papers.<br>Chapter II ‘The prototype and the evolution of the “Butterfly Lovers” story’ discussed the prototype of the “Butterfly Lovers” story in the important circumstances of the story and outline the “Butterfly Lovers” story of the forming and evolution between Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty to understand the development of “Butterfly Lovers” before the Republic of China and induce the references of the comparison among traditional story versions.<br>Chapter III ‘The image shaping of the core characters in the “Butterfly Lovers” story’ summarized the traditional image of the core characters in “Butterfly Lovers” story before the Republic of China with “the rap stories of Butterfly Lovers” and “Butterfly Lovers Cultural Daguan stories and songs volume”.<br>Chapter IV and Chapter V ‘Followed and Innovation: the study of modern television series and films about Butterfly Lovers’ (A) and (B). Ten films would be divided into three categories: the traditional Chinese opera, the modern film and the television series. At first, the films were discussed the background of creation, plot overview, themes and characters images individually. Finally the films were discussed together and summarized the inheritance and creation of the characters images, as well as the features of visual cultures in Taiwan, mainland China and Hong Kong among the modern film and television works of “Butterfly Lovers”.<br>Chapter VI ‘Conclusion’ was summarized a conclusion and forecasted future research vision of “Butterfly Lovers”.<br>In appendix of this paper, ‘Literature lists of Butterfly Lovers’, ‘Chronology of Butterfly Lovers films and television productions’, ‘Table of Butterfly Lovers films’, ‘Stills of Butterfly Lovers’ were the reference materials of the paper.
