Playing Roles: Literati, Playwrights, and Female Performers in Yuan Theater
abstract: This dissertation investigates how Yuan zaju drama reshaped Chinese culture by bridging the gap between an inherently oral tradition of popular performance and the written tradition of literati, when traditional Chinese political, social, cultural structures underwent remarkable transforma...
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ndltd-asu.edu-item-537772019-05-16T03:01:48Z Playing Roles: Literati, Playwrights, and Female Performers in Yuan Theater abstract: This dissertation investigates how Yuan zaju drama reshaped Chinese culture by bridging the gap between an inherently oral tradition of popular performance and the written tradition of literati, when traditional Chinese political, social, cultural structures underwent remarkable transformation under alien rule in the Yuan. It focuses on texts dated from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century by literati writers about playwrights and performers that have been treated by most scholars merely as sources of bio-bibliographical information. I interpret them, however, as cultural artifacts that reveal how Yuan drama caused a shift in the mentality of the elite. My study demonstrates that Yuan drama stimulated literati thought, redefined literati self-identity, and introduced a new significance to the act of writing and the function of text. Moreover, the emergence of a great number of successful female performers challenged the gendered roles of women that had been standardized by the traditional Confucian patriarchal system. This careful uncovering of overlooked materials contributes to a better understanding of the social and cultural world of early modern China. Dissertation/Thesis Chang, Wenbo (Author) West, Stephen H. (Advisor) Cutter, Robert Joe (Committee member) Bokenkamp, Stephen R. (Committee member) Tillman, Hoyt Cleveland (Committee member) Arizona State University (Publisher) Asian literature Theater history Performing arts role types (jiaose) the social role of theater Yuan drama (zaju) eng 250 pages Doctoral Dissertation East Asian Languages and Civilizations 2019 Doctoral Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.53777 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 2019 |
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abstract: This dissertation investigates how Yuan zaju drama reshaped Chinese culture by bridging the gap between an inherently oral tradition of popular performance and the written tradition of literati, when traditional Chinese political, social, cultural structures underwent remarkable transformation under alien rule in the Yuan. It focuses on texts dated from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century by literati writers about playwrights and performers that have been treated by most scholars merely as sources of bio-bibliographical information. I interpret them, however, as cultural artifacts that reveal how Yuan drama caused a shift in the mentality of the elite. My study demonstrates that Yuan drama stimulated literati thought, redefined literati self-identity, and introduced a new significance to the act of writing and the function of text. Moreover, the emergence of a great number of successful female performers challenged the gendered roles of women that had been standardized by the traditional Confucian patriarchal system. This careful uncovering of overlooked materials contributes to a better understanding of the social and cultural world of early modern China. === Dissertation/Thesis === Doctoral Dissertation East Asian Languages and Civilizations 2019 |
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