Research On The Column Of The Magic Of China From Narratology View

How to tell the Chinese story well is a big assignment of the times,which has important historical and practical significance.The concept of China Story originated from the 2013 National Conference on propaganda and ideological work,at which Xi Jinping stressed the importance of international communication,and believed that "it is necessary to do a good job of international communication,innovate methods of communication,and strive to create new concepts,new categories,new expressions.Tell Chinese stories well and spread Chinese voices well." As one of the important forms of mass communication —— film and television communication is an important carrier to tell Chinese stories and make the world know China better.Documentary is a kind of film and television art and truth is the essential factor of it.Documentary pays attention to the authenticity of content,emphasizes to obtain material from real life,records social reality by artistic means,and reflects the real world.The visual and real audio-visual language of documentary directly appeals to the audience's audiovisual senses,which is easier to cross the differences between countries and regions.It is easier to obtain the understanding of the audience under different backgrounds,and plays a unique role in international communication.This paper uses text analysis,content analysis to analyze the narration of column The Magic of China.Using narratology theory to analyze the narrative theme,narrative situation and narrative structure of many documentaries under the Chinese-foreign cooperation column The Magic of China,and summarizes the narrative strategy of the column.As a documentary column produced by Chinese-foreign cooperation,The Magic of China is aimed at foreign audiences.Documentaries of column The Magic of China have a wide range of themes with distinctive characteristics of the times.There are many character stories highlight their humanistic concern.In the narrative form,documentaries in The Magic of China are mainly composed of plate-shaped narrative structure,showing diversified characteristics in narrative perspective.From the perspective of "other" and "self ",those documentaries use the character stories from micro perspective to explain the macro theories.It retains the grand and profound characteristics of the theme as well as combines the storytelling style of the western science and education channel Discovery documentary.Those documentaries in column The Magic of China reflects the new expression of fusion Chinese style of storytelling and storytelling of western countries.