A History of Classical Chinese Drama Theory (Revised Edition)

Author: Tan Fan
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book is one of the "Series of Histories of Literary Theories of Chinese Literary Genres," using theoretical issues as the vertical axis and historical periods as the horizontal axis to clearly outline the development of Chinese classical drama theory from a fresh perspective. The entire book focuses on the three major theoretical branches of the macro-system of Chinese classical drama theory—qu studies, narrative theory, and performance theory—as its core content, exploring the theoretical system, theoretical characteristics, and value functions of Chinese classical drama theory, thereby revealing the national character of Chinese classical drama theory. In terms of research and expression, the methods adopted in this book aim to downplay the individuality of objects in the history of theoretical thought. Instead, it classifies individual research objects at the theoretical level as "types" in the development of theoretical thought, and takes the development of theoretical thought as the central axis to organize the logic of theoretical thought evolution, the system of thought, and the theoretical spirit. This can also be summarized as the "macroscopic grasp" research and expression model, which primarily addresses the central connotation of "what is" this theoretical thought. The book extensively discusses the evolutionary trajectory of the theoretical forms of Chinese classical drama theory, focusing on the three major theoretical branches—qu studies, narrative theory, and performance theory—as its core content, exploring the ideological system, theoretical characteristics, and value functions of Chinese classical drama theory, and finally concludes with the aesthetic ideals of Chinese classical drama theory to reveal the national character of classical drama theory. The research and expression methods of this book represent a new attempt, which may not be ideal. Those who understand me and those who condemn me are at your discretion. Incomplete and inappropriate places are eagerly expected to be corrected by fellow enthusiasts and experts.