Research On The Poetry As A Matchmaker In Yuan Opera

Considering the poetry as a matchmaker is the research objective of this thesis. This phenomenon exists in Yuan Opera, which always about marriage and love. By using the theory of Poetry and Opera to analyse the artistic techniques of the works based on the plot of considering the poetry as a matchmaker, such as the narrative pattern, the linguistic features, the performance on stage and so on. What's more, it expounds the causes of literature and the significance of culture about considering the poetry as a matchmaker in Yuan Opera in detail.Chapter 1, in this section, firstly it summarizes the distribution of considering the poetry as a matchmaker in Yuan Opera and analyses the formative process of the narrative pattern. Then through arranging the research achievements by predecessors to prove the study value of this thesis.Chapter 2, it lists the poet consciousness of writers and analyses the character of poetic drama in Yuan Opera, and then it elaborates the literature speciality of considering the poetry as a matchmaker. Furthermore in this section it researches the causes of literature about it in Yuan Opera.Chapter 3, by summarizing the traditional etiquette culture and matchmaker culture in China, it indicates that considering the poetry as a matchmaker makes a breakthrough in the traditional culture and it is the romantic imagination about the love of human beings. Consequently, it expounds the cultural meaning of this phenomenon.Chapter 4, in this section, it analyses the circumstance of drama about considering the poetry as a matchmaker, and elaborates the stage for the imagination of writers' creation, and then discuss the aesthetic expectation of audience on this plot.To sum up, the thesis expounds the cultural accumulation and the literature creation in various ways, which about considering the poetry as a matchmaker in Yuan Opera. And then from this it proves the influence and the value of dramatic literature.