A Narrative Study Of Documentaries On "The Belt And Road"

Since “the Belt and Road” developing Initiatives was brought out,“the Belt and Road”documentaries had become the most important “weapon” of promotion and conduction.With the appearance of abundant “the Belt and Road” documentaries,their quality appeared uneven.Today,how to make “the Belt and Road” documentary,how to tell a remarkable China's story,how to promote “the Belt and Road” development Initiatives,were becoming an important issue.Based on this,three “the Belt and Road” documentaries are chosen as the sample.Three samples of documentary were respectively produced by the official media,the folk media and the foreign media.Each sample is analyzed specifically and compared horizontally.Based on the classical narratology method,the general narratology law of the "one belt" documentary is produced,and fulfill the analysis of “the Belt and Road” documentary in narrative subject,narrative discourse and narrative structure.It can provide reference for the documentary to "tell the Chinese story" and construct the image of China as a big country with wisdom,tolerance and responsibility better.“The Belt and Road Initiatives” is the main subject of the documentary.The paper analyzes the background,significance and narrative subjects of the documentary.Besides,it also analyzes the narrative discourse and narrative structure of these three documentaries based on the "dichotomy" proposed by Genette.There are four parts in this paper.It analyzes the background and cultural significance of the documentaries “the Belt and Road”,which means the international discourse at the stage.Nowadays,foreigners still have a stereotype about Chinese which is not the really image of China.So,China needs to produce some documentaries of similar themes to break its original impression and strive for the right to speak internationally.The emergence of documentaries on “the Belt and Road” are the inevitable result of the history.This paper still analyzes the narrative subjects of the documentaries on “the Belt and Road”,and divides the narrative subject into domestic media and foreign media,which correspond to the image shaping by ourselves or others.The domestic media are divided into two categories: the official media and the folk media.The different media has different preference to narrative discourses and narrative structures.