Research On Domestic TV Dramas On Old-Age Care In Recent Years

With the aging of the population,in recent years,the gradual increase in old-age TVdramas has formed a unique image landscape on the screen.The old-age TV dramasdifferentiates themselves from the general family ethics plays through theircomprehensive focus on old-age care issues,the exposure of social reality,and theemergence of strong humanistic care.However,due to their iconic elements such asdiseases,medical treatment,and intergenerational ethics,they cannot be simply definedas "old-age plays" which are classified by age.Therefore,a clear definition of its conceptis the basis for the research on it.In terms of the theme,old-age TV dramas demonstrate all aspects of life of agedpeople.Their eulogy of life,their awe and veneration of death,and their praise of familyaffection are wrapped in a strong humanistic feelings.While revealing the current socialcontradictions and disadvantages,they have not forgotten to express their pursuit andlonging for the perfection of human nature.In the shaping of characters,the old-age TVdramas mostly consist of multi-element subject images of elderly people and theaccompaniment images of their children.Among them,each type of elderly charactersfaces different survival and emotional dilemmas in varying degrees.These images of"filial children","unfilial children",or some between these two kinds,as an importantaccompaniment images in the plays,represent current people's different views on takingresponsibility for taking care of the elderly.The audience can get correspondence andimaginative satisfaction from these different roles.In terms of narrative characteristics,the old-age TV dramas are good at using metaphorical narrative space to conveynarrative discourse."Space" has become the metaphorical system that metaphorizes theliving conditions of the elderly and their inner world.It is also an important field forestablishing,unfolding,conflicting,and reconciling various complex humanrelationships.In arrangement of the plot,most of them are carried out in order,andstarted with life full of problems and crises.And they pursue stories with happy endings.The restrained image language and simple music makes them show an audio-visual stylewith simpleness and heaviness.The unique value of the old-age TV dramas and the correct value orientation they convey are also one of their distinctive features.Both theirsocial value as the text of social reflection and their cultural value of inheriting andreconstructing the traditional "filial piety culture" and "family culture" convey the valueconcepts of caring for the elderly,understanding and communication.