从电影《国王的演讲》看英国社会的平民情结

Analysis of Populace Complex in British Society from the Film The King’s Speech

摘要

随着电影市场国际化水平的提升，电影作为一类文化产品在满足人们精神需求的同时，反映和展现本国社会文化的功能越来越突出。一部优秀的电影不仅以特有的文化内涵引人共鸣，而且引人深思该文化在该国的发展与影响。

电影作品中流露出的情结是电影文化内涵的重要部分，主要取决于当时的社会形态，反之这些情结折射出当时社会的意识形态，一定程度上也对文化起了塑造的作用。因此，通过分析电影作品体现的情结可以深入地了解和认识作品所要反应的社会的主题文化。

英国电影《国王的演讲》虽以王室为题材，但其风靡全球的主要原因是作品中流露出的平民情结，因此通过对电影中平民情结的分析，能够加深对英国社会文化的认识。本文主要通过对电影《国王的演讲》的细致鉴赏与深入研究，来发掘和分析其中所体现的英国社会的平民情结，并适当结合中国的平民化自由人格理论和西方的相关理论来分析电影所体现的平民情结的核心精神。该电影体现的平民情结的核心精神是平等、自由、责任的社会意识，这些社会意识不仅存在于作品反映的年代，也延续于英国的当下。本文将逐一探讨包含这些核心精神的平民情结在当今英国社会的体现。最后结合电影与现实社会，探讨平民情结对英国社会的影响。

本文通过电影《国王的演讲》分析英国社会的平民情结，期望拉近中国受众对英国文化的认识，同时为从电影角度分析社会文化做出一些贡献。

关键词：平民情结，平等，自由，责任

Abstract
With the development of internationalization of movie market, films not only satisfy audience’s mental needs but also reflect the culture of its country. A perfect film can find people’s support and thinking in the understanding of its culture.
The complexes reflected from films are the important parts of film culture, which base on the social formation of that time. Conversely, these complexes reflect the social ideology of that time. So, we can understand the theme culture by analyzing the complexes in the films.
English film, The King’s Speech, draws from royal court, but the main reason of its popular is the populace complex reflected from it. So the understand of English culture can be deep through the analysis of populace complex. This paper will analyze the populace complex and the core spirits of the populace complex by researching the film and combining the relevant western and Chinese theories. The core spirits of the populace complex are equality, freedom and responsibility, which exist both in the film and in contemporary English. At the end of this paper, the existence and influence of these core spirits combing the film and reality will be analyzed.
This paper expects to increase awareness of Chinese to English culture by the analysis of the populace complex from The King’s Speech. At the same time, this result of the paper will provide some contributions to the culture analysis from the film aspect.
Key words: the populace complex, equality, freedom, responsibility

Contents

摘要 II

Abstract III

1  Introduction 1

2  Literature Review 3

2.1 Introduction to The King’s Speech 3

2.1.1 Review of the Film 3

2.1.2 Studies of the Film 4

2.2 Introduction to Populace Complex 4

2.2.1 Definition of Populace Complex 4

2.2.2 Relevant Theories of Populace Complex 5

3  The display of Populace Complex about the Film 7

3.1 Reflected from the Characterization of the Film 7

3.2 Reflected from the Shooting Skills 8

3.3 Reflected from the Response of the Audiences 9

4  The Main Spirits Reflected from the Populace Complex in the Film 10

4.1 Equality 10

4.2 Freedom 10

4.3 Responsibility 11

5  The Reflection of the Populace Complex in the Contemporary Society 13

5.1 Reflection of Equality 13

5.2 Reflection of Freedom 13

5.3 Reflection of Responsibility 14

6  The Influence of the Populace Complex on English Society 15

6.1 The influence of the Populace Complex on English Years of War 15

6.2 The Influence of the Populace Complex on English Years of Peace 15

7  Conclusion 16

References 17