The Literary Analyse And Character Of The Female Protagonist Zijun In Shangshi

Opera "Shangshi" is based on Lu Xun's novel. It tells a story of the love tragedy of its leading characters, Zijun and Juansheng, during the period of May 4th movements, through which it revealed the perplexed and conflict psychology of Chinese new youth who rebelled feudal ideology and didn't know how to advance under the social circumstances of that time. It indicates that the only way to start a happy new life is to change the old society thoroughly.The creations of "Shangshi" is on the basis of inherits from the Western opera creation and the composition theory and technique. While at the same time it innovates on the aspect of the structure design, the Music design, the use of various kinds of elements, and the melody creation, so that it formed its own distinct characteristic and style. The success of the opera "Shangshi" owes to its exquisite aria, concise characters, innovative structure, and vivid music. It not only takes the full advantage of representation, but also focuses more on harmony weave, many voice part thinking and longitudinal development instead of simple concinnity of melody. Accompaniment becomes more important and can represent the opus better on all the orientations.This essay begins with the analysis of characters under specific historical environments with main focus on the analysis of the soprano Zijun's technique of singing, portraying character, and expressing the character's psychological activities. Based on unfurling the aria charm of Zijun the character indited by the author Shi Guangnan, this essay have made an anatomy on the aspect of character portraying, artistic expression, technique of vocal music. This essay is aimed to help to understand the art connotation of the Shangshi, its exoterica and practice of expressing the role of Zijun better.