Narrative Ethics of Post-Modern Visual Culture between Chinese “Diors Series” and Western “Loser Series” in Comparative Perspective

Authors

  • Shaomin Zheng Hengdian College of Film & Television, No.138 Dudu South Street, Hengdian, Dongyang, Zhejiang Province

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12697/IL.2019.24.1.15

Keywords:

post-modernity, visual culture, loser image, narrative ethics

Abstract

The main characteristics of the post-modern culture such as counterculture, non-conformism, virtualization, fragmentation, mass culture, business culture and irrationalism etc., decide the post-modernity of visual culture. “Film”, as an indispensable element of visual culture, has a narrative ethics that can be used for an interpretation of ethical orientation and ethical values in post-modern visual culture. This article, by comparing “Diors image” in Chinese Diors series with “loser image” in western loser series, the typical post-modern visual image, takes the post-modern context as the focal point and makes a further study of “Diors culture” or “loser culture”, which is formed in the phenomenon of post-modern culture, and thus explores narrative ethics and ethical values in post-modern visual culture.

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Published

2019-08-13