A Study Of Xin Hai Revolution Period Romance Drama

Being produced in a special historical environment, legends and operas duringXinhai Revolution period got a different face with that in past times, when legends andoperas kept a pattern for almost one thousand years. It was an obvious trend thatlegends and dramas paid great attention to the social realistic and they served forpolitical battles actively. The main content of legends and operas during that timeincluded: advocating national revolution and propaganda of overthrowing thecorruptive dynasty, then start a revolution to create a new order; advocating saving allthe people in this country and this country itself by reforming; warning people of thenational crisis while strongly fighting against the invasion of Western powers; praisingnational heroes and pioneers in the revolution; etc. Writers and players made greatefforts in improving art skills, they explored and attempted in various aspects，whichshowed up an persist-their-old-way appearance regardless of tradition. And it wascharacterized as: the broken boundary between legends and operas; value of Kebai butnot lyrics; trying to get rid of operns and melody of Qu; the tendency of makinglegends and operas become paper working but not be acted on the stage; thereduction of plot; language with an epoch character. Legends and operas during XinhaiRevolution period is not only an attempt that opera served for political need in thehistory of Chinese literature, especially in the history of legends and operas, but also acreation in traditional opera theme area and an exploration on creative arts of legendsand operas. Although writers and players failed in rescuing the fall of legends andoperas, they left trace of their effort, therefore, they had a place in the history ofChinese Traditional Operas.