| The theme of Dynasty history has always occupied a pivotal position in the mainland film and television drama creation genealogy since the new period.Because of the unique space-time setting of such works,the story narration during this period often forms a kind of historical narrative.But what we need to see here is that the so-called historical narrative is in fact a contemporary narrative.It is not the past historical events that determine the way of discourse and the editing rules,but the cultural context in which the narrative action takes place that originates from the real environment.This forms a recursive relationship among the real environment,the cultural context and the historical narrative,that is,the specific realistic environment.It produces a specific cultural context,and a specific cultural context produces a specific historical narrative.With the help of this recursive relationship,this paper is based on the detailed analysis of the mainland Dynasty history films and TV dramas since the new period,and takes cultural research as a research method,trying to examine the historical narrative stage characteristics and diachronic evolution of the mainland Dynasty history films and TV dramas since the new period through the cultural perspective.This article will discuss from the following three chapters:The first chapter is "Enchantment: Revision of Grand Narration in Paradox".Thanks to the rhetoric effect of political discourse and the reference function of past experience,a "Golden Age" has emerged at the level of cultural context in the first ten years of the new era,which is full of prosperity and many paradoxes.People's prediction of the current state and future trend of the real environment is full of ideals.The colour and optimism make the grand narrative used in the "seventeen years" and "Cultural Revolution" continue to enjoy the living space.It has become the initial main form of the historical narrative of the mainland Dynasty movies and TV dramas since the new period.It is still a "historical myth" full of magic and charm,and echoes the recent cultural context transformation,and in the existing morality.Within the narrative framework of collectivism and socialism,elements such as individual consciousness and secular consciousness are included.After entering the 1990 s,although the transcendental and unrealistic "golden age" faded,the grand narrative of the editor's "historical myth" succeeded in continuing through the limited adjustment of the way of discourse,by satisfying the emotional compensatory needs arising from various cultural forms.However,with the further brutal denial of optimistic and perceptual transcendence by cold and rational experience,this narrative way of enchanting history finally lost its dominant position as the main form of historical narrative in the late 1990 s.Since then,it has only been seen occasionally in some so-called "big-production films" which aspire to the overseas market because of their specific localization standpoint.The second chapter is "disenchantment: the main anti-guest of the historical double line".The ending of "golden age" leads to the loss of charm of the real environment in the cultural context level.The basic characteristics of the cultural context in the 1990 s are defined as disenchantment of "myth".Although people can not accept the values of pure rationalism calmly,they have been able to soberly and objectively use rationalism.To explain the surroundings,self-deception compensatory stories edited by grand narratives are finally declared bankrupt because of the huge gap between ideal and reality.The influence of this disenchantment context on the historical narrative of mainland Dynasty movies and TV plays is that since the mid and late 1990 s,the disenchantment narrative mode has gradually replaced the enchantment of history,becoming the second main form of historical narrative,and ushered in a short period of prosperity at the turn of the century.In the new disenchantment texts,all the magnificent "historical myths" encounter a reluctant and disenchanting deconstruction.The works that use this narrative style almost all take tragedy as the final chapter.They deny the rationality of rationalism from the standpoint of perceptual values,and at the same time deny the reality of perceptualism from the standpoint of rational world outlook,questioning the background of nihilism.All ages.And this kind of thinking narrative mode has lost its dominant position in the historical narrative subject form of mainland Dynasty movies and TV dramas because of its zeal for spiritual power and transcendence after the new century.It can only survive in the place of standing cone.Chapter three is "Reenchantment: the reconstruction of authoritative liberalism in linear history".If the result of "ten-year sleep" in the early 1990 s is that people can explain the real environment with rationalism,then the result of the second round of "ten-year sleep" in the beginning of the new century is that people are willing to adapt to the real environment with rationalism.It symbolizes that when the rationalization trend of cultural context has reached its maturity,secular values,individual consciousness and utilitarian principles are respected as the criteria,thus resulting in a philosophy of existence which can be named authoritative liberalism.At last,people can realize the real environment at the cultural level,and then usher in the return of "witchcraft and enchantment society".The historical story in the image also restores its magic and charm with the success of the Reenchantment of reality.But unlike the "historical myth" in the 1980 s,which is mixed with irrational elements such as morality,emotion and inclusiveness,the "historical myth" after the new century is edited by the pure rational discourse mode.The charm of the historical field is reflected in its fascinating desire.Symbols,at the same time,provide a free competition mechanism for acquiring desire symbols.There are no right or wrong,only strong or weak,no justice and evil,only wisdom and folly.All vulgar beings devote themselves to the desire jungle of "natural selection of things,survival of the fittest" with authoritative and liberal survival philosophy,which has become the historical reason of reenchantment. |
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