The Ming And Qing Dynasties Accepted The Peony Pavilion

This dissertation studies the Chuanqi Drama from Ming Wanli the 26th years to the Qing Dynasty Xuantong the 3rd years in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which learn from The Peony Pavilion the ways of creation .Considering the drama theory,comments,prefaces and postscripts and other related words,the dissertation analyzes the concrete manifestation,historical tracks, literature and culture causes of the influence of The Peony Pavilion’s creative work on the Chuanqi Drama.The preface mainly elaborates on the overall situation of the relative study.Further intensive study is supported by rich resources hidden in the Chuanqi Drama,linked-discourses of authors、commenters and critics . The topic shows the direction and trend of the research on The Peony Pavilion and the Chuanqi Drama, however the research done are still on a single work, a subject or case study of certain period,the study of the Chuanqi Drama in Ming and Qing Dynasties as a whole has not yet appeared.The first chapter tries to find the difficulties of the acceptance research of the classic works and put forward the corresponding countermeasures in theory and methodology for the lagging behind of the research of the influence of The Peony Pavilion. Different from the group of "Yu MingTang",the naming of "the Chuanqi Drama influenced by The Peony Pavilion" indicates the research purport of reconstructing The Peony Pavilion’s life history.Name is the premise and focus on the problem . Based on the research of the overall form of The Peony Pavilion and subject characteristics, the selection criteria of the group works is established.The second chapter discusses the internal and external 、subjective and objective factors of The Peony Pavilion becoming the first impression of the Chuanqi Drama in Ming and Qing Dynasties . Firstly, The Peony Pavilion occupates the decisive occasion in the content and form of the writing, regulates and restricts the features of romance style;it was followed by the reception and expectation of The Peony Pavilion by the readers of each class、each group in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,spontaneouslly、voluntarilly and independently ,which is the subjective causes of forming the Group; finally the chapter discusses The Peony Pavilion’s two-way communication on the desk and on the stage which expand and strengthen the radiating surface in the audience and being the objective reason of the Group ’s forming ;through parts of creation’s public "expressing" and "revealing",the subject is showed directly and effective supported.The third chapter targets the acceptance of the images of the figures. It discusses how the female characters in the works of the group adopt the psychological action and external action of Du Li-niang,and also analyses how Xiaoqing’s image imitate and transform from Du Li-niang. In the study of the acceptance of Liu Mengmei’s image, on the one hand, it analyses the common features such as life situations, the convergence of similar character, on the other hand, it also discusses the influence of"Du" symbol on male image and different manifestation of "Du" by different male images.The fourth chapter is mainly on the acceptance of The Peony Pavilion ’s meta-element such as "mutual dream", "portrait","otherworldly judgement","painting" , "otherworldly copulation " etc. It analyses the significance of analyzing the motif of The Peony Pavilion, which is the cultural innovation in literary history.It also clarifies all kinds of acceptance of the Chuanqi Drama, showing the specific delicate mentality of the acceptors.The fifth chapter mainly studies how the later Chuanqi Drama adopt the "love"theme and "Dreams" narrative mode of The Peony Pavilion. According to the changing of the "love" theme in the later Chuan-Qi Drama, the Chuanqi Drama in Ming and Qing Dynasties are divided into four periods:" love appearance ", "love adherence","love alienation" and "love abortion".The chapter analyzes the different connotations of "love"、"love" writing style and its social、culture causes.Meanwhile ,it analyzes the profound influence of the "Dreams" narrative style.