A Study on the Thematic, Narrative, and Musical Structure of Guan Hanqing’s Yuan «Zaju, Injustice to Dou E»

von Yumin Ao

233 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is a study of the thematic, narrative, and musical structure of Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] edition of the Yuan zaju (variety play) Dou E yuan [Injustice to Dou E] originally composed by the highly regarded playwright Guan Hanqing (fl. 1260). Although other authors have studied these three aspects of Dou E yuan separately, this is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic as a scholarly monograph in English. Yumin Ao’s analysis is based on the edition of the play in the Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] compiled by the Ming publisher Zang Maoxun (ca. 1550–1620). Ao proposes that Dou E yuan, as a dramatic narrative which develops through its enactment on the stage rather than by verbal presentation as a story, displays its integrative structure of narration through its thematic development and within its musical conventions.

• Reihe: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures
• Themen: Kunst Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Schauspieltechniken
• ISBN: 9781433130557
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2015
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York