Narrative Research in an Aging Society: A Multidisciplinary Analysis for Older People in Taiwanese Film Yi Yi
Sheng-Chin Hsu

TL;DR
This study explores how a grandmother needing long-term care in the film Yi Yi affects the story and family dynamics, highlighting challenges of aging in modern society.
Contribution
The paper introduces an interdisciplinary approach combining narrative theory and gerontology to analyze aging and long-term care in film.
Findings
The grandmother's role in Yi Yi influences the narrative structure and family decisions in the film.
Nuclear families in Taiwan face weakened support networks and long-term care challenges.
Interdisciplinary analysis reveals the importance of cultural and gerontological insights for understanding aging societies.
Abstract
This study adopts narrative methods to investigate the impact of the grandmother character, who requires long-term care due to an accident in the Taiwanese film Yi Yi, on the overall narrative, other characters, and the development of the narrative. This research analyzes the narrative composition of the film’s text and then validates and interprets it theoretically from the perspectives of narrative research and gerontology. Additionally, this paper incorporates relevant discussions of Yang De-chang’s creative context, attempting to understand through an interdisciplinary approach how the long-term care older people in Taiwanese films impacts other family members and how family risks are formed in the narrative development. The purpose of this study is to illustrate that the older people who needs long-term care due to an accident, although silent, influences the film’s narrative…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAging and Gerontology Research · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Film in Education and Therapy
