1、重庆科技学院毕业设计（论文）题 目 A Review of Popular British TV-series in Recent 10 Years 关于近 10 年以来流行英剧的研究述评 学 院 外国语学院 专业班级 英语二专 2009 级 学生姓名 张 英 学号 2009442918 指导教师 李 宁 职称 副教授 评阅教师 职称 2013 年 6 月 6 日Graduation Thesis of Chongqing University of Science some sort them into classic dramas, suspense dramas, lawyers and
2、 political dramas, Science fiction and other kinds of themes; some also put them into British TV-series in general TV-series and mini series. Wang Juan (2012) gives it as follows: (1)The manor; (2) Detective; (3) Current affairs satire comedy. Wang Juan(2012) believes that there are so many British
3、TV-series themes are about manor. Such as the very hot drama Downton Abbey, Jan Austins drama adaptation of pride and Prejudice. He also believes that the detective drama is another key word of British TV-series. Such as another popular drama Sherlock, which is adapted of Conan Doyles classic novel.
4、 He thinks the British are good at irony. Current affairs satire comedy shows that fully. Niu Nai(2012) in his paper The British TV-series comes-reading the 20 strong British dramas divides the British TV-series as follows: (1) classical dramas; (2)science fiction dramas; (3) lawyers and political d
5、ramas. About the classical dramas, there are Downton Abbey, Elizabeth I . About the science fiction dramas there are Doctor Who, Eleventh Hour. And about the lawyers and political dramas, there are State of Play, Silk , Bleak House and so on. 重庆科技学院本科生毕业论文 Chapter Two Literature Review 3British TV-s
6、eries has a lot of audiences. For example, Downton Abbeys Premiere had attracted 11800000 audiences in British. Then, the strong viewing situation remained to the end. And the average audience rating of the series for the first season also enter the UK TV TOP10 runner-up position. In addition, Downt
7、on Abbey in the United States is also greatly welcomed.In January 9, 2011 the United States PBS began to broadcast the seriess first season, which not only won industry acclaim but also with double ordinary viewing record started first in the United States of America. Whats more, it is also very pop
8、ular in China. 重庆科技学院本科生毕业论文 Chapter Two Literature Review 42.2 Classifications of the popular British TV-seriesAs a new popular TV-series , British TV-series has been a hot topic in the field of TV-series both at home and abroad. Many scholars and experts both at home and abroad have published thei
9、r writings and articles to probe into the topic of British TV-series. There are all kinds of popular British TV-series, such as classical dramas, suspense dramas, situation comedies and so on. 2.2.1 Classical DramasFirst, the sweeping whole world classical drama Downton Abbey bring us back the early
10、 20th-century lives and historical events(Huntley and Dana2012:26-31). The first and second Industrial Revolution and the thought collision between new old were the theme of the times by Zhang Yun(2012). Sun Xiaoji(2012) said it was real description of noble spirit. And Xu Jian and Liu Chang(2012) b
11、elieve the destiny was a result of everyones choices from the drama. it wons the British National Television Awards for Best Drama Award, American television Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award. And the Guinness World Records Record as “ the worlds most popular TV drama of 2010 year“, which becomes the f
12、irst award of the British drama.Shen Lin(2012) says in UK Downton Abbey has been evaluated as the best TV-series since the Pride and Prejudice in 1995. From another hand, the comments also reflects the Pride and Prejudices classic status can not shake. Whether the original novel or adaptation of the
13、 TV-series pride and Prejudices ability captured the hearts of the people has lasted for two hundred years. Although the two stories s background is separated by a century, there are some great similarities in the storiess subject between Downton Abbey and Pride and Prejudice. For example, the main
14、actor and actress ask for “pride“ and “prejudice“, their twists and turns fate and the part of the female role in the works embodied the idea of feminism. Pen Zi(2012) said the British TV-series with its local style, humor and humanity firmly occupy a space for one person in the international market. She also believe the actors lines and tone of voice reflect the characters directly in pride and Prejudice. Such as “Darcy: Shes tolerable, I suppose. But shes not handsome enough to gempt me. Im in no humor go give consequence to yong ladies who are slighted by other
