A Study On The Images Of Mother-in-law In Urban Marriage Dramas

Since the new era,the theme of Chinese TV dramas is getting increasingly rich,and the works that reflect the theme of marriage and love keeps growing.As Chinese TV dramas gradually matures,urban marriage dramas begin to display their unique artistic charm.Urban marriage and love theme is an important branch of domestic TV dramas and has become the mainstay of the current TV screen,which are reflected in its outstanding ratings,and the production staff winning the national annual professional awards many times.After the reform and opening up,the social economy has been continuously developed,and the social status of women and the awakening of women's consciousness have further improved.The TV series has established a number of mother-in-law images in the plot structure,character setting,and line arrangement.As depicted in the urban marriage drama,family contradictions in the new era focus on the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.TV drama is one of the mainstream media,and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and the image of the mother-in-law portrayed in the urban marriage dramas affect the marriage cognition and choice of next generation.In Chinese cultural system,the family is the smallest core unit of the country,and the urban marriage drama truly reproduces all kinds of trivial and contradictory problems in modern urban family life.The conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-daughter is an important element to push the plot to the climax.The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the focus of family relations.The contradictory discourse between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the extension of the family's tentacle towards social feelings.The images of mother-in-law and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are brilliant strokes in the urban marriage drama representing the collision and convergence of ideas between traditional society and new era.The conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the dramas currently studied covers almost all family conflicts.Based on feminism,this paper interprets the linguistic features of mother-in-law's discourse,combs the images of mother-in-law in urban marriage dramas,analyses the causes behind them and their impact on contemporary families,meanwhile supplements the production staff with the social aesthetic value of the mainstream media's view on marriage and love,as well as the rational thinkingon the construction of mother-in-law's image in the drama plot.Studying the images of mother-in-law from various angles and then analyzing the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in an all-round way have certain social significance for the healthy development of contemporary family relations.