Analysis on the Narrative Structure of the Puzzle Film “Deep in the Heart”

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10.2991/assehr.k.210106.047How to use a DOI?

Keywords

“Deep in the Heart”, puzzle film, nonlinear structure, human nature, omniscient viewpoint

Abstract

“Deep in the Heart” takes the claim of an unnamed charred body as its core story. With the rigorous story structure and the multi-threaded nonlinear narrative, it reveals the true human nature of selfishness and full of lies, reflects the contradictions of Chinese rural people in the social upheaval, and shows the human care and concern of Xin Yukun’s puzzle film. This paper makes a detailed analysis on the narrative structure of “Deep in the Heart”. The first is to analyze the puzzle setting of the film; the second is to analyze the narrative structure of the film through multi-threaded nonlinear narrative and ring-like narrative; the third is to analyze the omniscient viewpoint and multiple internal focalization of the film; and the fourth is to analyze the contradictory opposites of the plot. Through the above four aspects, people’s spiritual dilemma and the true human nature of selfishness and full of lies in the social upheaval are revealed.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mingyue Sun
AU  - Xinlin Gao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/06
TI  - Analysis on the Narrative Structure of the Puzzle Film “Deep in the Heart”
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 243
EP  - 251
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210106.047
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210106.047
ID  - Sun2021
ER  -