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Narration in TV dramas has existed as an auxiliary device for its simple purpose for long time. However, in recent TV dramas, narration is receiving new attention as a technique to cause various effects. In particular, a series of TV dramas created in the 2000s used the narration in different ways from earlier approaches. This allows for establishing a new relationship between TV drama and narration. In other words, a series of works created in the 2000s are found to have used narration in a strategic way for dramatic and aesthetic effects while holding its identity of drama. This study examines‘how’narration existed in the TV dramas created in the 2000s and‘for what’ they were used, centering on such works as <Age of Love>, <Worlds Within>, <Bittersweet Life>, and <1000 Days>. As a result, it was found that narration played a role beyond just the explanation of a simple information. In such works, narration reinforced dramatic immersion and sympathy by showing the inner side of a disguised character and induced positive participation from viewers by concealing or obscuring information. In addition, narration implemented emotional language that could not be felt in our ordinary lives to expressed emotions or thoughts of a character or was used to request the time of contemplation by asking a question to induce philosophical reasoning. In conclusion, in such works mentioned above, narration is not used for a simple purpose like ‘convenience of narration(representation)’, but rather used as a technique which was strategically used for various dramatic effects. Furthermore, in the works that were recognized as well-made from a considerable number of the works that used narration strategically like <Age of Love>, <Worlds Within>, <Bittersweet Life>, and <1000 Days>, narration, which was used in an effective way, is found to be a technique to add the depth to the works.

TV drama, narration, Kim Suhyeon, No Huigyeong, Park Yeonseon, Jeong Hayeon, <Age of Love>, <Worlds Within>, <Bittersweet Life>, <1000 Days>