A Study On Drama That Concerns Dream Of Yuan Dynasty

Drama of Yuan dynasty is a splendid page in Chinese traditional opera history. Its rich and colorful contents, novel and diversified forms bring people great entertainment and instruction. Drama that concerns dream of Yuan dynasty is distinctively characteristic phenomenon which is worth studying seriously.This thesis analyzes and summarizes drama that concerns dream of Yuan dynasty in such aspects as its cause, its use in diverse area in drama of Yuan dynasty, its category, its function, its general feature, its succession and evolvement to opera of Qing and Ming dynasty and so on.This thesis is based on studying drama that concerns dream of Yuan dynasty at that time. The author refers to a variety of books that proofread and correct and annotate these works. Furthermore, the author combines them with social and cultural background at that time. Through accurate understanding the thought of drama that concerns dream of Yuan dynasty, from the standpoint of culture and psychology, this thesis applies analytical and inductive method to seek out and clarify the unique styles and feature of drama that concerns dream of Yuan dynasty, and put them into the long process of Chinese traditional opera history in order to study its great influence to Chinese traditional opera of later ages, and pass right and due judgment of value about the position of drama that concerns dream of Yuan dynasty in Chinese traditional opera history. Thus today's drama can absorb their essence, discard their dross and provide some reference to the development of today's opera.