How to Read Chinese Drama in Chinese : : A Language Companion / / ed. by Yingde Guo, Xiaohui Zhang, Wenbo Chang, Patricia Sieber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• HerausgeberIn: Chang, Wenbo,; Guo, Yingde,; Sieber, Patricia,; Zhang, Xiaohui,
• MitwirkendeR: Junxiang, Ji,; Ming, Gao,; Shifu, Wang,; Wei, Xu,; Xianzu, Tang,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Any de publicació: 2023
• Idioma: English
• Col·lecció: How to Read Chinese Literature
• Descripció física: 1 online resource

This book is at once a guided primer on Chinese drama and an innovative textbook. It is a companion volume to How to Read Chinese Drama, designed for Chinese-language learners.How to Read Chinese Drama in Chinese provides a versatile introduction to iconic scenes from traditional Chinese plays for r...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series
• A Note on How to Use This Book
• Major Chinese Dynasties
• Symbols, Abbreviations, and Typographical Usages
• Yuan Zaju Plays
• The Orphan of Zhao, Wedge, Act 1
• The Story of the Western Wing, Book Four, Act 1
• Song-Yuan Nanxi Plays
• Top Graduate Zhang Xie, Scene 16 (Excerpt)
• The Lute, Scene 20, “Wuniang Eats Husks”
• Ming Zaju Plays
• The Female Mulan Joins the Army in Place of Her Father, Act 1 (Excerpt)
• Ming-Qing Chuanqi Plays
• The Peony Pavilion, Scene 7, “The Boudoir Schoolroom” (Excerpt)
• The Peony Pavilion, Scene 10, “The Interrupted Dream” (Excerpt)
• Abbreviations of Primary Texts
• Notes on Dramatic Conventions
• List of Literary Issues Discussed
• Acknowledgments
• Editors