The Bottleneck Of Oral History Documentary In China

The oral history documentary is a historical documentary of historical witnesses recalled historical events or historical figures by oral means.It is a new attempt by Chinese historical documentary to cut into the grand history from the perspective of individual life with oral style.Since its rise,the oral history documentary has flourished.Its first-person narrative perspective and oral style of narrative make history become vivid and lively,attract the attention of the industry and the audience,and have greater historical value and society value.However,it should be made clear that the development of China's oral history documentary is not perfect.As far as its own characteristics are concerned,the authenticity and ethical issues in the oral history documentary have not been solved well since its birth.What's more,they become the two major bottlenecks in the development of oral history documentaries.In order to make our oral history documentary grow better and healthier,we must conduct research on these two issues and propose countermeasures.At present,neither the industry nor the academic circles pay attention to the bottleneck of the creation of oral history documentary in China,let alone propose solutions.This is the starting point of this article.This paper firstly expounds the research object and significance of the thesis in the introduction part,then summarizes the domestic research status related to the research object,and finally clarifies the research content,research methods and innovation of the paper.The first chapter sorts out the development history of China's oral history documentary in stages and analyzes the reasons for the rise of oral history documentary in China.Then,it further elaborates on the creative bottlenecks existing in the current oral history documentary,paving the way for detailed arguments in the following texts.The second chapter specifically discusses the bottleneck of the authenticity of the oral history documentary in China.The author thinks the personal memory in oral history is a"one-way truth".And it is difficult to establish authenticity when personal micro-memory conflicts with traditional historical discourse system.Then,discussed the authenticity of the creative process.The third chapter analyzes the ethical bottleneck of the oral history documentary in China,and discusses the ethical crisis caused by the logical contradiction in history.At the same time,the third chapter also sorts out the common ethical issues such as the violation of the privacy of the dictator and the secondary injury caused by sensitive topics in the process of oral history documentary creation.The fourth chapter proposes some coping strategies for the two major bottlenecks involved.The conclusion is a discussion of the historical value of the oral history documentary in China and a summary of the full text.