The Narrative And Aesthetic Analysis Of "Chinese Films And Teleplays On Historical Subjects"

The discussion about truth and aesthetics of the films and teleplays on historical subjects is still the current academic focus. Creators and recipients, both make positive reflections on factors of "history" and "literature", when they face the films and teleplays on historical subjects. This article studies the narrative way and analyzes the aesthetics of the films and teleplays on historical subjects, based on the dialectic relations of "truth" and "literariness" in the films and teleplays on historical subjects, according to the theoretical achievements the hermeneutics, narratology and discourse analysis,with specific films and teleplays. Finally, draw the conclusion that the films and teleplays on historical subjects should be the combination of truth and aesthetics.The introduction of this article dealt with the "literariness" of historical narration in brief, delves the connections between the imaginary of history text and the truth of the literature text, raises the basic problem that "what is the proper way for literature to reflect history" on the ground of present studies, foreshadows the analysis of esthetic at a later stage.The first chapter mainly discusses the definition and reception. The films and teleplays on historical subjects should be regard as a kind of Literary works, In more specific terms, belongs to literature about movie and television. In this part, two concepts have been distinguished, one is historical play, another is the films and teleplays on historical subjects. There are connections and differences between them. In addition, requirements on the creations of the films and teleplays on historical subjects have been summarized. This part mentions that ideology; aesthetic demands of receivers, commercial operation codetermine the creation, production and dissemination of the play, which provides professional expertise for the aesthetic analysis later.The second Chapter studies the films and teleplays from different perspectives, with the help of research findings in Twentieth Century Western Literary Theory. Principally analyzes the variety, complexity of narrative patterns and relations of narrative thread. In narrative analysis, film and television Languages, angle of View, theory of polyphony, are Primary Tools. On the basis, this part introduces grand narrative discourse, and compares it with small narrative discourse, try to find a kind of discourse which has the merits of both sides. Thereby, the truth and aesthetics can be fused.The third chapter summarizes the request of creation and function of the films and teleplays on historical subjects, in order to direct the works. The films and teleplays on historical subjects are coalitions of the historical stories and the arts of the film and TV, so they should be restricted by history and arts. On the one hand they should reproduced the true history, let the spectators see the truth. On the other hand, they should obey the rules of art, bring aesthetic experience to the spectators. Only in this way can we make the films and teleplays on historical subjects contain functions of spreading history, civilizing people and transmitting aesthetic feelings.The conclusion points out what is the key for the films and teleplays on historical subjects to develop in a healthy way. Not only the creator, but also the recipients should handle the dialectic relations between history and literature, high art and popular art, logos and humanistic care, to reach the harmony of truth and aesthetics.