The Stereotypical Characterizations in Chineses Drama during Republican Period

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10.2991/assehr.k.211120.026How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Racism; revolution; communist party; melodrama; class distinction

Abstract

The White-Haired Girl is the first mileage-brand work in the history of Chinese opera, which is the symbol of the maturity of Chinese national opera. Its successful performance is of great significance in the history of Chinese modern music and opens up a new stage for the development of Chinese opera creation. But it also laid the foundation for a series of revolutionary dramas, including characterizations and social settings. These repetitive depictions eventually established stereotypes within the drama performances during the republican period. This article concludes the common characterizations in Chinese drama through given a specific perspective on the White Hair Girl and analyzes the components in the performance. The conclusion is that the drama in the Republic of China has a fixed format of structure and characterizations which thoroughly affected the development of revolutionary melodrama.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinyan Yu
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - The Stereotypical Characterizations in Chineses Drama during Republican Period
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 136
EP  - 139
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211120.026
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211120.026
ID  - Yu2021
ER  -