On Narrative Of Underclass In China’s Teleplays With Rural Subjects

The long agricultural civilization and great masses of farmers determine agrestic Chinese society. Along with the rapid development of socialist construction and modernization, enormous achievements have been made in the economic and social development in China, and the Chinese social structure has changed greatly simultaneously, which results in the difference between regions, urban and rural areas, and the gap between the rich and the poor. As a result, farmers in the primary stage, in many aspects, are marginalized and at the rank of underclass. However, as for the overall social development, it is this special rank that fundamentally determines the future of China. The special meaning of the narrative about this rank in teleplays with rural subjects (hereinafter referred to as the "rural teleplay") is to present its stories to arouse the awakening of this group and attract the social attention and concern, to improve the self-transcendence of this group, and to reform and perfect the unreasonable and unjust parts, leading to a more reasonable, just and bright future in China. Based on the concept definitions of narrative, visual narrative, and the narrative of the special group, through analyzing systematically the different views of scholars, from the aspects such as themes, character images, deficiency and breakthrough, etc, this essay sums up and explores the successful experience and defects in the narrative of rural teleplay, trying to find the path and direction for breakthroughs in it, and striving to provide reasonable inspiration and guidance for the creation and breakthroughs of rural teleplay.