An Historical Essay On Kunqu Opera Of The Recent 30 Years

The dissertation aims to take the development of Kunqu Opera as the basis, the research achievements of Kunqu Opera as the study object and the time of its historical development as the order, to classify, summarize and analyze the development of the academic history of Kunqu Opera in the past 30 years and highlight its systematic, comprehensive and theoretical characteristics. While elaborating academic achievements of Kunqu Opera, find out the thread and law of the academic development of Kunqu Opera, focus on the analysis of theoretical studies on Kunqu Opera carried out by predecessors in each stage, stress the core subject of Kunqu Opera studies in each period and highlight the historical feature and character of the academic development of Kunqu Opera, thus review the academic development and systematic characteristics of the theoretical studies of Kunqu Opera in contemporary society. At the same time, take the academic system as the viewpoint to survey the interaction between Kunqu studies and the development of contemporary Chinese opera theories, as well as the status and influence of Kunqu Opera in Chinese opera theories and contemporary cultures in the vision studies of Chinese opera.The dissertation falls into four parts. Part One elaborates on Kunqu Opera studies of 1980s and 1990s and reviews the significant research achievements of Kunqu Opera during the period, which can be roughly divided into the compilation and publishing of the historical books of Kunqu Opera, the proposing of the concept of "Science of Kunqu Opera", dissemination research of Kunqu Opera.Part Two discusses the studies of Kunqu Opera in the 21st Century, focuses on listing and analyzing the salvage, protection and classification of Kunqu Opera and analyzes the changes of the cultural policies about Kunqu Opera.Part Three expounds the studies of Kunqu Opera in the 21st Century and focuses on the historical treatises and cultural studies of Kunqu Opera, which includes the theoretical study of Kunqu Opera and the current situation study of Kunqu Opera.Part Four summarizes the several important problems in the history of Kunqu Opera studies, including the cultural policies and the inheritance and protection of Kunqu Opera, the impacts of the classification and adaptation on the plays of Kunqu Opera, "New Method" and "Interdisciplinary"——the development of the academic theory of Kunqu Opera, the writing of the biography of performers in Kunqu Opera, sums up and analyzes the four major issues to highlight the theoretical and contextual definition of the academic development of Kunqu Opera.At last, the dissertation draws a conclusion:the development studies on Kunqu Opera in the recent 30 years is also the process of gradually grasping the cultural attribute and essence of Kunqu Opera, that is, the perception to the aesthetic value of Kunqu Opera is increasingly clear and the cultural orientation to Kunqu Opera is increasingly accurate.