中国叙事的戏剧建构:《国家宝藏》文物戏剧主题分类解析

Dramatic Construction of Chinese Narrative:Categorical Analysis of the Themes of Cultural Relic Drama in National Treasure

中国叙事的历史起源和它的当代外观之间的策略矛盾演化为历史叙事与当代叙事的连续性问题。如何在跨越历史叙事和当代叙事的场域中平衡叙事的仪式属性和传递属性,关系到一种可持续的国家叙事母体的建构。国宝之为国宝,其合法性在于对国家叙事的承诺。讲述文物的故事,是为了寻找真正的宝藏。《国家宝藏》以戏剧结构集传播者、传播过程、传播效果于一体,完成了文物仪式化传播的闭环。《国家宝藏》以鲜明的叙事指向性致力于对每一件文物做主题化的探索。从前世传奇到今生故事,在文物的在场性和历史的戏剧性中破解创造文明的密码。通过对其中三种重要主题的分析,能看到文物叙事在构建中国叙事体系方面的巨大潜力。

The strategic contradiction between the historical origin of Chinese narrative and its contemporary appearance has evolved into the continuity problem of historical narrative and contemporary narrative.How to balance the ritual attribute and transmission attribute of narrative in the field of crossing the historical narrative and contemporary narrative concerns the construction of a sustainable national narrative matrix.The national treasure’s legitimacy lies in its commitment to the national narrative.Telling the story of cultural relics is for finding real treasures.National Treasure with its dramatic structure integrates the communicator,communication process and communication effect,and completes the closed loop of ritual communication of cultural relics.National Treasure devotes itself to the thematic exploration of each cultural relic with its distinctive narrative orientation.From the legends of previous life to the stories of this life,the code of creating civilization is cracked in the presence of cultural relics and in the drama of history.Through the analysis of three important themes,we can see the great potential of cultural relic narration in the construction of Chinese narrative system.