Abstract:

Based on Lu Yao's novella Life, the realistic TV drama The Road of Life is a heartfelt expression of the end of the novel, which is not the ending. The play expands the artistic charm of the group figures with the mirror character shaping; The narrative time and space extends from northern Shaanxi to Shanghai, providing a "Shanghai solution" for "Gao Jialin Generation Youth" to take root in the context of Chinese times; The construction of Shanghai urban space aesthetic image broadens the aesthetic style of Shanghai art. The TV drama "The Road of Life" responds to the questions of The Times while basing on the context of The Times on the hot topics of struggle and fate of the young people.

Key words: The Road of Life, Realistic TV series, Romanticize the expression, Mirror image theory, Shanghai aesthetic style