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Narrative Empathy and Patriotism—An Analysis of the Chinese “Main-Melody” Film My People, My Country
WANG Zi-ying
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2024.03.008
Shandong University, Weihai, China
Narrative empathy is a relatively new theory and it can guide researchers in the studies of main-melody films so as to promote the communication of the core values of the society. The rhetorical mechanism of narrative empathy can be illustrated from five rhetorical elements, including rhetor, rhetorical goal, rhetorical situation, rhetorical strategy and audience. The theory of narrative empathy can be applied to the case study of the film My People, My Country. In the production of this film, the directors are the rhetors. The rhetors uphold the tenet of closeness, choose the right rhetorical situation as the 70th birthday of the People’s Republic of China, and use appropriate rhetorical strategies in order to realize the rhetorical goals of evoking empathy and inspiring patriotic feelings in the audience’s minds. An exploration and application of narrative empathy can be conducive to the empathic communication of Chinese main-melody films in order to achieve better communication effect.
narrative empathy, main-melody films, My People, My Country
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, March 2024, Vol. 14, No. 3, 226-238
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