Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess"

Hanyu Jiang

doi:10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786538.20260702

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Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess"

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Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess"
Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess"
College of Language and Culture, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, Fujian, 352100, China
2026年7卷第2期页码：169-172
纸质出版：2026-04-30
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786538.20260702
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Hanyu Jiang. (2026). Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess". 文艺发展研究（英文版）, 7(2), 169-172.

Jiang Hanyu.Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess"[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(02):169-172.
Hanyu Jiang. (2026). Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess". 文艺发展研究（英文版）, 7(2), 169-172. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786538.20260702.

Jiang Hanyu.Analysis of Female Images and Gender Narrative Innovation in "What a Mess"[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(02):169-172. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786538.20260702.

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The domestic time travel book genre web series "What a Mess" uses a double time travel framework to break away from the stereotypical female roles and the female rivalry narrative common in traditional period dramas. It creates a diverse group of complex and modern female characters such as Yu Wanyin

Xie Yong'er

the Empress Dowager

and Er Lan. It builds a female alliance that opposes female rivalry and values mutual support. Using the phrase "What a Mess" as a key symbol

it deconstructs the feudal rules that suppressed women. This paper analyzes the shaping features of the main and supporting female characters

as well as the innovative breakthroughs in female relationship patterns. It explores how the story deconstructs feudal female virtues and the modern values carried by these female images. It aims to uncover the work's innovation in gender narratives and provide a reference for the study of female narratives in time travel book web series and the creation of domestic period dramas.

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