Over the past few years , however , there has been an outpouring of dramatizations of nanjing in literature and film , as a new generation of chinese auteurs attempt to grapple with the tragedy , and juggle the demands of their audience , their censors , and their own artistic conscience .
But the character created by sir conan doyle had an undoubted charm on the public : first with novels by the british author , then with the numerous theatre and cinema dramatizations , not to mention comic strips , videogames and cartoons .
