@article{ART003268499},
author={Xiao Yuanyuan},
title={A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2025},
number={78},
pages={375-396},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014}
TY - JOUR
AU - Xiao Yuanyuan
TI - A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 78
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 375
EP - 396
SN - 1738-0502
AB - This study examines the image of the “voiceless” in the Chinese film Black Dog, focusing on how the protagonist Erlang embodies the condition of marginalization. By analyzing the film across three dimensions—society, family, and natural ecology—the paper explores how individual silence extends to collective and structural voicelessness. The analysis draws on Foucauldian disciplinary power, muted group theory, psychoanalysis, and phenomenology to interpret the mechanisms through which Erlang loses, resists, and partially regains his voice.
The findings highlight that Black Dog not only portrays the existential plight of a marginalized individual but also metaphorically represents the fate of peripheral communities within China’s rapid modernization. The study contributes to understanding how cinema functions as a medium that both reflects and intervenes in the silenced conditions of vulnerable groups. While limited to a single film, this research suggests the need for comparative analyses with other East Asian films and for incorporating indigenous theoretical frameworks. Ultimately, the paper underscores the significance of voicelessness as a lens for rethinking marginality in contemporary society.
KW - Silencer;Voice;the Other;Black Dog;Chinese Film
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
ER -
Xiao Yuanyuan. (2025). A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 78, 375-396.
Xiao Yuanyuan. 2025, "A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.78, pp.375-396. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
Xiao Yuanyuan "A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 78 pp.375-396 (2025) : 375.
Xiao Yuanyuan. A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog. 2025; 78 : 375-396. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
Xiao Yuanyuan. "A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.78(2025) : 375-396.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
Xiao Yuanyuan. A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 78, 375-396. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
Xiao Yuanyuan. A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2025; 78 375-396. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
Xiao Yuanyuan. A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog. 2025; 78 : 375-396. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
Xiao Yuanyuan. "A Study on the Representation of the ‘Silent One’ in the Chinese Film Black Dog" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.78(2025) : 375-396.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.014
