Our class topic: What is melodrama? |
About ME |
Melodrama is a special form of expression, which is typically extremely emotional and dramatic. However, these are not the only features of a melodrama. Melodrama often is about a heroic story: there is a villain, a victim, and a hero. Villains are always evil, and victims the helpless. Heroes, on the other side, are the virtuous good.
Who decides what is good and what is bad? Social issues do. As melodrama is very approachable and has a wide range of audiences, it is one of the best ways to address social issues. In fact, melodrama started with the theme of class struggle. Then it expands later to tackle different social problems such as politics and racial struggle during certain time periods. Typically morality is involved in melodrama, and it was simplified to eliminate ambiguity. |
My name is Yuchen Zhang, a sophomore from Emory University.
I give myself an English name as "Alice" because since young I was fond of the story "Alice in Wonderland." Like in the story, in this rushing/accelerating society, sometimes I feel "big" and sometimes I feel "small", just like Alice in the story. |