A Study on the Thematic, Narrative, and Musical Structure of Guan Hanqing's Yuan «Zaju, Injustice to Dou E» Contributor(s): Paulson, Michael G. (Other), Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Other), Ao, Yumin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433130556 ISBN-13: 9781433130557 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $104.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Drama | Asian - General - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous |
Dewey: 895.124 |
LCCN: 2015003305 |
Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.10 lbs) 233 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
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Publisher Description: 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. |