A Study Of Li Yu 's Dramatic Theme

Li Yu is a legendary writer who lived in late Ming and early Qing dynasties. As a professional writer, not only can he play for a living by selling his works, but also be loved by the public because of a realistic thinking in his works, and the realistic thinking calls up lots of resonance at the time and later. Such an ideological and artistic playwright, his writing methods deserve our deep thinking and carefully research.This paper starts from the themes of his works. The first chapter researches his work-themes sources; the second chapter describes three different types of his work-themes, dividing into historical ones, current affairs ones, normal life ones; the third chapter analyses his handling ways from the text and the performability; the forth chapter describes the revelation to current Xiqu script writing in selecting and handling the work-themes.Theory into practice, to get a higher level in script writing, it is a direct and effective way to research and summarize the previous experiences. As a civilian background professional playwright, Li Yu’s works have a so deep influence at that time and this time, it should be worthy of our consideration and attention.