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The Study Of Landscape Narrative In Jia Zhangke's Film

Posted on:2018-10-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y X YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2355330542963311Subject:Theater, film and television
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This paper takes Jia Zhangke,s natural scenery films as the object of study,and makes a discussion on the classification,narrative,cultural symbol and special meaning of the natural scenery in Jia Zhangke's film by reading the text of Jia Zhangke's film.This paper is divided into four parts:the introduction part briefly describes the meaning and value of this topic--each film has its narrative time and narrative space,space construction depends on the landscape shape,landscape is divided into human landscape and natural scenery.Showing the natural scenery is often essential element of the film;Jia Zhangke as China's "sixth generation directors" in the number of works,international visibility and cultural influence on one of the most representative creators,the film in the selection,theme and aesthetic style,have a very strong personal style.So his narrative styles and characters make a very high research value.Many of his films are used and showed the narrative and expression of the natural scenery.Jia Zhangke's films focus on the social reality of China,and explores the relationship between the living conditions of ordinary people,the spiritual space and the changes of the times.Therefore,the natural scenery in these films is more valuable in connotation,attribute,narrative and cultural sense.The chapter one analyzes the categories and characters of the natural scenery in Jia Zhangke's films.The chapter two analyzes the important narrative and emotional expression of the natural landscape in Jia Zhangke's films.The chapter three is also part four-analyzes the natural scenery of Jia Zhangke's films as the cultural symbol.Through the analysis of interpretation,this paper draws conclusions.Conclusion 1:Jia Zhangke's films in the natural landscape can be divided into three categories:geographical features of the natural landscape,natural scenery and the vicissitudes of nostalgia in the natural scenery.These categories can be further refined in different works.Conclusion 2:In some narrative films with unique narrative structures,natural scenery often constitute clues and ties of tandem narratives,such as "Mountains may depart" and "Still Life",different narratives between the transition to a large extent by the natural landscape to complete.Natural scenery to avoid the break between the narrative and creating a unified narrative atmosphere;But in some films,the natural landscape is used to express people's thoughts and emotions;Conclusion 3:Jia Zhangke's films under the natural landscape is not art aesthetic type or the landscape still life painting style,but it represents the real poetic.Jia Zhangke,s films in the natural landscape congenital with a very rich cultural symbolic meaning.They are sometimes used as a metaphor for historical and political politics of an era,sometimes as a spiritual language of ordinary people.Jia Zhangke's films are known for his attention to the social reality of China,which also determines that the natural scenery in his works often carries a specific historical political and cultural symbolic meaning.The natural scenery is in Jia Zhangke's films as build times and times flavor text.Jia Zhangke's films marginalized groups and the underlying ordinary people.In many films,the natural scenery is as ordinary people the spirit of the language,conveys some special symbolic significance.Drawback of research:related research literature in comprehensive enough,due to the international influence of Jia Zhangke,a lot of foreign films scholars such as jia zhangke also has a wealth of research and analysis,this part of the past literature of jia zhangke film studies has helped,but due to limited resources and the lack of foreign language reading ability,to this kind of literature in the research process in less.
Keywords/Search Tags:Jia Zhangke's films, Natural scenery, Landscape narrative, Cultural symbol
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