An Analysis of The Cultural Connotation of The Invisible Female Characters in Chinese Costume TV Dramas

Abstract

Chinese costume TV series is a kind of film and television work that carries historical imagination, there is a type of female characters who have never appeared positively but run through the whole play, which not only promotes the development of the storyline as clue characters but also carry the unique meaning closely related to Chinese history and culture. This paper takes the three Chinese phenomenal costume film and television works The Legend of Zhen Huan, Princess Pearl, and Nirvana in Fire as examples and explores the strategies of invisible female characters from multiple perspectives by analyzing the role characteristics of invisible women and excavating the common methods used by creators in creating invisible female characters. Through the study of this paper, it is concluded that the invisible female characters in Chinese court dramas are the epitome of women who were oppressed, disciplined, and demonized by patriarchy under the feudal imperial system. Chinese costume TV dramas reflect the multiple plights of Chinese women in the feudal era to a certain extent.