“动画纪录片”与西方后现代主义观念

"Animated Documentary" and Postmodernism in the West

西方有关"动画纪录片"的讨论可以大致分成三种不同的立场:后现代主义立场、反后现代主义立场和中立立场。后现代主义立场否认纪录片的客观性、真实性,认为动画在本质上更为真实,因而能够取而代之;反后现代主义立场在表象的层面上质疑"动画纪录片"的概念,在本质的层面上倡导"创造真实",超越媒介;中立立场在不排斥纪录片能够达到真实的前提下寻求动画的作为。对西方文献的细读应该是我们研究所谓"动画纪录片"的先决条件。

Discussions about"animated documentary"in the west can be generally divided into three different stances:postmodernism,anti-postmodernism and neutralism.In the postmodernist stance,objectivity and authenticity of documentaries are denied,while animations are regarded as more authentic in nature and as a substitute for the former.The anti-postmodernist stance on"animated documentary"questions the concept in terms of its representations,and advocates"the creation of authenticity"to surpass the medium in nature.On the premise of not rejecting the idea that documentaries can achieve authenticity,the neutralist stance seeks contributions of animations.Reading western literature closely should be a prerequisite for our study of the so-called"animated documentary".