| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 兒童文學研究所 === 99 === The Modern Concept of Love in Taiwanese Idol Drama “Meteor GardenⅠ”：
A transformation of the Fairy Tale “Cinderella”?
Abstract
In the process of whispering in ears, the power of bedside stories usually have children unconsciously absorb the ideology behind the text. Through such a reading experience, the love portrayed in the fairy tales also virtually constructs the modern vision of love. Even if the protagonists in the stories may have been shaped by social civilization, enlightened by modern education, and inspired by feminine consciousness, such ideas as the picture of romance and the yearning for love still stay in people’s subconscious mind, and delicately manipulate our every move.
In 2001, the film producer Chih-ping Chai shot the TV version "Meteor GardenⅠ" in Taiwan, and created a trend of the times. From then on Taiwanese idol dramas began to sell overseas and continue to move their ways into Asia. The protagonist in "Meteor Garden Ⅰ"─Poor Shan-tsai, is a girl full of self-awareness and never afraid of wealthy or powerful clan. However, when facing great difficulties, she still expects the salvation from Prince Charming. Comparison can be made with the plot in the classic fairy tale “Cinderella”: the character is constantly bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters, but the fairy godmother and prince appear and rescue her. Eventually, she gets out of the oppressed life, and ends up as an enviable princess. Such similarity makes one think, even after the great change of historical background, power and economic structure, why the thought “the Princess / heroine have to wait for the salvation and recognition of the prince / hero, certainly, before enabling to display their intrinsic brilliance” is still deeply rooted in women’s hearts? How influential can a fairy tale be and what impact it may bring to the values of self-aware modern women for love? Furthermore, is the value of fairy tales shaping the plot of the idol dramas, or idol dramas again manifest the value of fairy tales?
This paper is aimed to analyze the ideology and the influence of the classic fairy tale through a feminist point of view. Further analyses are provided to discuss how women's views on love have changed with the flow of time and to explore the correlation between the classic fairy tale and the modern idol drama.
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