A Study Of Costume Drama From Perspective Of Youth Subculture

This article is using the hitting costume dramas in recent years such as Go Princess Go,The Imperial Doctress,Legend of Lu Zhen,Nirvana in Fire,The Empress of China etc as case study,based on Birmingham's theory of youth subculture and the research results of youth subculture in the network age,utilizing the these three keywords of "style","resistance" and "incorporate" in youth subculture and the characters of youth subculture in the Internet age,to analyze and explain the specific expressions and modes of the history and youth subculture in the costume drama.The contemporary costume drama shows the characteristics of "youth","idol" and "light" under the influence of the interaction between the history and the youth subculture."Youth" tells the experience of the protagonist in the ancient TV series,which reflects the difficulties faced by the young men and women in the city,especially for the women who are struggling for survival and employment situation."Youth" has a symbolic meaning of reality,but restricts at the symbolic level."Idol" tells the style transformation of the youth subculture made by interest groups behind the TV series driven by the commercial interests.It is presented in front of the audience in the popular idol style,having three features from the elite to the grassroots,from abstinence to hedonic perception and perceptual perception of image,and expects to attract the audience to earn more benefits through the "Idol"."Light" is a way to satisfy the fantasy of the audience to seek resonance through the ancient drama,so as to get costume drama away from the grand narrative and parents heavy preaching and responsibility to play consciousness.Light is the inevitable choice of contemporary costume drama,and also a development trend of youth subculture in the network age.The characteristics of “youth”,“idol”,“light”,in fact,are a survival strategy for youth subculture and ancient drama to adapt to the development of times.