A Study On The Narrative Strategy Of Youth Family TV Drama In Mainland China

In recent years, there has been various TV drama types emerging on the TV screenin mainland China, such as time-travel drama,palace drama, youth family drama and soon.With the issue of broadcast limit order by the State Administration of Radio, F-ilm,and Television,passion on the subject of time-travel and palace has been declined,while the youth family TV drama has sprung up everywhere,becoming a new force inthe market of TV world in mainland China.In fact, youth family TV drama belongs to the category of family ethics play,while it is different from traditional family drama.It is a combination of youth in youthidol drama and urbanism in urban romantic emotional drama,focusing on social hotissues and the narrative of family life and growth before and after marriage of thegeneration after80s.Its emergence not only caters to the consumption demand ofaudience in this era for video,but also becomes a witness of the state of living,emotional and social evolution in modern times.Being a rheology of family ethics drama in new cultural context since21st century,youth family TV drama started up and molded in the year of2010,with the TV dramanamed A Beautiful Daughter-in-Law Era as the symbol.Since then,it has becomemature and prosperity in2011and2012.In2013,a variance on the issue ofchild-rearing came into world as child-rearing drama.With the support of state policiesad the characteristics in accordance with the audience psychology,this kind of dramahas become the best in TV ratings and also very eye-catching in new media market.Youth family TV drama chose an era meaning and cultural qualities of thenarrative contents,including the topic marriage of youth,the moral love of emotiongame in inter-generation,the growing confusion of child-rearing.To explore thecreation pattern and market pattern of youth family drama in depth,this thesis mainlyfocuses on the narrative style of this drama kind and finds that the stage of love,marriage and parenting become the narrative time and the modern urban landscape hasbecome a specific code.It takes a multi-thread narrative mode based on the characterrelationship.Either multimodal or core-satellite,it makes intergeneration conflict as thedramatic tension to promote the story.By shaping stereotypic character images andconstructing dramatic character relationship,it becomes stereotypic in feature.Currently, the creation of youth family TV drama is facing a severe test.Problemssuch as subject homogenization,theme superficiality and structure simplification have emerged.We must have a clear understanding of it,create more individual element,break stereotypes,and put attention to the combination of mass culture and elite culture.In addition,we should take the creating experience of foreign family TV drama and getrid of various errors to make our youth family TV drama more prosperous in the future.