物欲时代心灵的抚慰——近年来国产青春电影叙事策略与价值观研究

Soul Consolation in the Materialistic Times——Research into Domestic Youth Films in Terms of Narrative Strategies and Value Outlook

青春电影已经成为目前中国电影市场上最炙手可热的商业电影类型之一,短短几年内蜂拥而至的大量青春电影虽然在故事内容与表现风格上各不相同,但它们内在的叙事策略与价值观表达却表现出了很大的相通性:一方面高扬精神的力量,通过"治愈系"的叙事机制与表现风格,诉诸情感的力量,来抚慰年轻人饱经挫折、烦恼、困惑的受伤心灵;另一方面又对物质主义的生活方式与生活态度加以肯定,通过精致的视听语言营造了缤纷、奢华的都市生活影像,对现代消费物欲进行无节制地展示,这在很大程度上削弱了影片原本要传达的情感主题,造成了影片在价值观传达上的撕裂与分立。

Youth films have currently become one of the hottest commercial film types in China＇s film market. In the past few years,youth films surge in great number. Despite their difference in contents and styles,they share great similarities in narrative strategies and outlook on value. On the one hand,they sing highly of moral force,and resort to the emotional consolation through ＂ healing＂ narrative mechanism and expressive style to comfort the youth whose souls are saturated with setbacks,troubles and confusions. On the other hand,these films affirm the materialistic life style and attitudes by exquisite visual and aural language to create magnificent,luxuriant metropolitan life images,demonstrating unconstrained materialistic desires for consumption in modern society. This has in a great degree impaired the intended emotional themes and caused avulsion and opposition in conveying value outlook.