Multi-dimensional Narrative Analysis And Audience Analysis Of Mainland Time-travel TV Series

Time-travel TV series is a very unique one among the various television theme. It becomes popular with a unique fragrance under the extensive competition in TV market. As a new type of TV drama, it sets off a wave of ratings boom in recent years, and catches people’s attention in such different drama with conventional manifestations, therefore, attracts the concern of the industry and academy at one time. Research on the narrative content and structure characteristics of time-travel TV series can enrich its characteristic build. Research on the audience impact, audience feedback, uses and gratifications has practical significance to the development and innovation of time-travel TV series.Based on the good reputation, widely influence, network communications and high ratings, this paper screens three TV series in the numerous mainland time-travel TV series as study sample, such as’Myth’,"Palace",’Startling step by step’. By the means of drama narrative analysis technique, this paper analysis the narrative discourse, narrative plot, narrative aesthetics of the three sample series. At the same time, from the perspective of narrative discourse and narrative plot, the paper gives a detailed analysis of the narrative style, and studies the special performance of the series based on time and space, which especially time-travel TV series have. In addition, the paper summarizes and analysis many influencing factors to time-travel TV series, puts forward comprehensive interpretation of it from culture, history, screenwriter, marketing, music etc. Combined with network questionnaire, the paper surveys the effects on the audience from the prevailing time-travel TV series. Based on the uses and gratifications theory, the paper analysis the viewing motivation and needs performance of audience, while seeking for the initiative effect through the audience feedback, and puts forward suggestions for the future development of time-travel TV series.The first chapter is the introduction part. It mainly involves the brief explanation of the background, significance, subject research status at home and abroad on Time-travel TV seriesThe second chapter is about how to identify the TV series’identity and status of its own development.The third chapter starts from the angle of TV series narration. It shows us that its conclude three main parts, dialogue, plot and culture, to strive to build its own unique pattern.The fourth chapter is collecting the data by the way of questionnaire investigation to analysis of audience group structure characteristics. The classification and discussion of Time-travel TV series according to the audiences’ needs, which to explore suitable to Time-travel TV series’development road.