Comedy Variety Show Under The Perspective Of Narratology

With the rapid development of the society and economy,“contemporary urban diseases” like anxiety and irritability have been triggered due to the fast life pace and huge psychological pressure.Under such historical background,comedy variety show has become another dark horse of variety show by following singing talent show,marriage dating,parent-child travel and competitive challenge as it is suitable for people of all ages,relaxing and humorous.Therefore,theoretical analysis on comedy variety show will help to improve its ideological level and artistic creation level,and make it play a social role of “pressure relieve valve” better,so such analysis has extremely strong practical significance.After experiencing the “blowout period” in2014 and “stable period” in 2015,comedy variety showencounters the bottleneck of severe content homogeneity and aesthetic fatigue of audiences in 2016.On the other hand,it is trying to make breakthroughs all the time,to create a“phenomenal”program.Golden Tonight is one of the successful products under such exploration.Characterized by live telecast and richness in historical and cultural atmospheres,it has initiated the new mode of “scene comedyvariety show”.By starting from the angle of narratology,comedy variety show is interpreted from multiple dimensions by a case study of Golden Tonight in this paper.Narrative features of this program type are studied.Discussion is made from two dimensions which are “sound” and “picture”.By combining relevant concepts like “linguistic symbol” and “non-linguistic symbol” in relevant classification theories of semiology and methods of mass communication psychology,the narrative subject,narrative content and narrative structure are studied,hoping to promote and provide a reference for the development and innovation of domestic comedy variety show.