论类型电视剧的类型边界模糊现象

Blurred Boundaries between Different Genres of TV Series

在市场经济环境下,类型剧逐步成为电视剧的主流力量。它的发展经历了一个从模仿到"适度创新"的过程。近期,以《甄嬛传》为代表的电视剧在类型划分的"适度创新"上超越了以往"杂糅型"和"子类型"两种趋势,呈现出一种非典型类型电视剧状态,我们称之为第三种趋势:"边界模糊"。类型电视剧"边界模糊"现象的出现,在很大程度上是当代电视剧作为大众流行文化消费产品以及电视剧产业化发展的必然趋势和结果。此类"边界模糊"类型电视剧的创作,应遵循三个"度"的原则,即把握好"大事"与"小事"的"度";把握好尊重史实与合理想象的"度";把握好叙事逻辑与生活逻辑之间相吻合的"度"。

In the socialist market economy, genre TV series （i. e. TV series with distinct genres like historical fiction, police and politics, and comedy） have developed into a major part of TV dramas. Their development has undergone a process from imitation to moderate innovation. Recently, the genre TV series represented by The Legend of Zhenhuan shows a strong tendency to blur the boundaries be- tween different genres and has created a third type of innovation in comparison with the existing two types, i.e. ＂mixed type＂ and ＂subtype＂, hence the name ＂blur boundary type＂. The emergence of this atypical third type of genre TV series is the inevitable result of the development of the industriali- zation of contemporary Chinese drama as a popular cultural consumer product. The production of TV series like The Legend of Zhenhuan should be guided by the following three principles： to strike a bal- ance between the narration of big events and that of daily trifles; between being faithful to the histori- cal facts and using artistic imagination; and between the logic of narration and the logic of life.