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Frontiers in Art Research, 2022, 4(15); doi: 10.25236/FAR.2022.041511.

A Contrastive Study on Narrative Strategies between Chinese and American Epidemic Films------A Case Study of Chinese Doctors and Contagion

Author(s)

Xiaoyu Liu

Corresponding Author:
Xiaoyu Liu
Affiliation(s)

The School of Media Science (Journalism School), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Abstract

Under the background of the global epidemic, the epidemic films gradually attached wide attention. Among them, the Chinese film Chinese Doctors is based on the Covid-19 epidemic breaking out in 2020 and the American film Contagion is an adaption of SARS in 2003, both of which are inspired by real events. Thus, there are obvious similarities and differences, which are highly comparable, in their writing of epidemic stories. This paper takes these two films for example, from the perspectives of narrative themes, narrative structures, narrative approaches, and narrative space to explore the parallels and distinctions of the narrative strategies in Chinese and American epidemic films.

Keywords

Narrative Strategies; Epidemic Film; Chinese Doctors; Contagion

Cite This Paper

Xiaoyu Liu. A Contrastive Study on Narrative Strategies between Chinese and American Epidemic Films------A Case Study of Chinese Doctors and Contagion. Frontiers in Art Research (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 15: 51-56. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2022.041511.

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