Author(s)

Zhiyi Yin

Corresponding Author

Zhiyi Yin

ABSTRACT

The film “the Ditch” is a documentary film adapted by director Bing Wang based on the novel “Farewell to Jiabian Ditch” by writer Xianhui Yang. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2010 and this film is classical to express the narrative of misery because the film use unique narrative methods. This study of the film analyze the film’s narrative expectations and the narrative time from the perspective of narratology carefully. Even though the argument is still weak, it still shows the narrative characteristics of the film.

KEYWORDS

Narrative, Narrative time, Misery narration