An Analysis Of The Artistic Authority Of Academy Awards

In 1927,starting to solve the American film industry labor's disputes,and in order to promote professionals' communication,as well as to enhance the influence of the films,Meyer who was CEO of MGM company has assembled 36 influential people in film field to establish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.At that time,Academy Awards were mainly aim at American film industry market.However,the influence range of Academy Awards received rapid development in the follow-up time of radiation spread toward the world scope.In this dissertation,I am trying to use Bourdieu's theory as a tool to analyze the problem the Oscar.In the past researches,most of studies were focus on Oscar's awards in the aspects of film aesthetics,the awarding mechanism and aesthetic culture.The starting point of this thesis base on its artistic authority construction,the main body is divided into four chapters: In the first chapter,from the perspective of art discourse and art's authority,by using relative literature as the research preparation.First of all,as a new research field,"art discourse",was put forward and expanded in1970 s.Secondly,from the point of discourse,power and subject,this part discusses whether the right of artistic discourse and the holder of discourse can be owned by group.Through the analysis of the main body of art discourse and discourse power,this chapter will pave the way for the construction of the artistic authority of the Oscar awards.In the second chapter,the main purpose is to analyze the strategies of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the aspects of the voting system,the inclusion of different cultures,the popularization of film culture,and the cultivation of film talents to form the Oscar's artistic authority.The third chapter from Bourdieu's theory perspective,mainly by using the field,capital and habit to analyze the different types of capitals' accumulation and transformation for Oscar awards.The fourth chapter starts from the analysis of the existing problems in the current China's film awards.In view of the success of the Oscar awards,to provide reference for thedevelopment of China's film awards.It is difficult to analyze all the factors that makes Oscar successful,so I am trying to narrow exploration's entrance.The experience of the Academy Awards also provide a good reference to construction of China's film award,including the setting procedure,the operation main body and the improvement of the operation mechanism.