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On The Love Of Master And Lord In Cao Yu 's "Thunderstorm"

Posted on:2017-01-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H CaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330485476875Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Cao Yu is an outstanding playwright in C hina, he is also one of the pioneers of C hinese modern drama, his“thunderstorm” “sunrise”and other works are the classics in the history of Chinese new literature, occupies a special historical position.“Thunderstorm” is the first plays of Cao Yu’s creation, recommended by Ba Jin published in the third period of “literary Quarterly” in the july of 1934. It makes the C hina’s drama from now on to a new stage, and symbolized the maturity of Chinese modern drama.Studying the creation and performance of “Thunderstorm”, the author found that “the servant of love” is important clues and theme of the plot in the plays. Cao Yu intertwined the Zhou and Lu families before and after 30 years of love and hatred, joys and sorrows in together respectively from the love of Zhou Puyuan and Mei Shiping, Zhou Ping and Si Feng, Zhou Chong and Si Feng servant of love, it is comprehensive and profound exposition and interpretation. the“servant of love” is not accident, but in a way that is highly concentrated in that era o f tragedy in life.The tragedy description of “the servant of love” is inevitable trend in the“Thunderstorm”, in the final analysis, it is caused by the objective of the era and the society. The three “servant of love” tragedy exposes the defects of the old system, the old system will lead to the collapse of the outcome, it warns us that the dark rule of the feudalism and the old society must be overturned, pursuing the light and freedom. Seeking for new life and work ing for pursuing the individual liberation and personal freedom.The “servant of love” is served as the focal point, the paper is analyzed from four chapters: the first chapter is the introduction, first discusses the research value of this topic, the history and the present situation, then discusses the research ideas and expectations of this topic; the second chapter discusses “the servant of love” of “Thunderstorm” and its typical significance, firstly as a model of “the servant of love”, and then translate to “the servant of love” of the modern Chinese literature, eventually arrival to “the servant of love” of “Thunderstorm” and its typical significance; the third chapter focuses on the three modes of “the servant of love” of “Thunderstorm”, the first is the eventually abandoned mode for “the servant of love” of Zhou Puyuan and Shi Ping, the second is the free love mode for “the servant of love” of Zhou Ping and Sifeng,the third is the one way hidden love mode for “the servant of love” of Zhou Chong and Sifeng; the fourth chapter mainly elaborates the tragedy and modernity of “the servant of love” of “Thunderstorm”, respectively giving the historical depth analysis of “the servant of love”; the five chapter is the conclusion, finally, it explains the classic value of the “Thunderstorm”,what it is described is not only a family tragedy, and fundamentally reveals a human existence dilemma, on the surface people is trapped by love, essentially, each are subject to the limitations of their own humanity misunderstanding and unable to extricate themselves.
Keywords/Search Tags:Cao Yu, "Thunderstorm", Servant of love, Love Tragedy, Humanity misunderstanding
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