Transformation of Contemporary Film Genre : The Aesthetics of Chinese Mainland Mainstream Cinema

著者名：Xu, Fangyi

Palgrave Macmillan（2022/10/25発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9789811968594
• eISBN：9789811968600

Description

This book is the first one focusing on Chinese mainstream films from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Based on case studies, it discusses three subgenres of mainland Chinese commercial mainstream films and offers an approach to studying the transformation of Chinese mainstream film within the theoretical frameworks of “genre theory” and “screenwriting method”. It helps professionals understand the genres and narratives of Chinese mainstream films, and also serves as a must-read for non-professionals interested in Chinese cinema.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. “Genres” and mainstream ideological films.- 3. Aesthetic construction of genre narration.- 4. Action: contemporary narratives.- 5. Historical films: beyond national imagination.- 6. Biographical films: aesthetic reconstruction of political ethics.