Recipient Of "The West Chamber" In The Ming And Qing Dynasties

The West Chamber is a famous drama,it spreads very broadly and holds an importantstatus in the Ming and Qing Dynasties drama history.The research into the The West Chamberhas constantly been done from its birth till now.In The West Chamber of research history,many scholars from various angles to valuable research,for example, the author of The WestChamber, the theme, artistic features, plot structure, characters, commentary, the arrangementof research literature material etc, have made important achievements.As far as The WestChamber in the text production and dissemination,the predecessors have made muchexploration of The West Chamber,but there are still a long concerned way to go.The thesis ofrecipient of The West Chamber are very few, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Onthe basis of the predecessor’ research achievements,under the theories ofdissemination,reception aesthetics,take The West Chamber in Ming and Qing Dynasties as theresearch object.We attempt to make a comprehensive analysis and comments on the spread ofThe West Chamber in Ming and Qing Dynasties,and expects to reveal this special group of theMing and Qing Dynasties scholars for the drama’s dissemination survey and significance.This thesis is divided into three chapters.The first chapter discusses the Ming and Qing Dynasties scholars comment on The WestChamber.According to the characteristics of the comments,divided into the type of pureliterary commentary and the commercialization literati commentary.The type of pure literary commentaries show more rational culture atmosphere, in this part, Jin Shengtan’ literaturecriticism plays an important role in the dissemination of The West Chamber.Thecommercialization literati comment is to show the pursuit of commercial interests.The second chapter discusses the text reception of The West Chamber by the Ming andQing Dynasties scholars.After the West Chamber, lots of works rewrote and copy it.According to their character, they could be divided into two kinds, adaptations and sequels.The sequels made the discuss to its profile、 causes、 existence value and etc.The third chapter main discussed the effect of acceptance to the West Chamber for theMing and Qing Dynasties scholars. This part elaborates the West Chamber produced effect onlater works mainly. The acceptance of the West Chamber in the field of drama and fiction canbe divided into two parts, one is to learn the soul, one kind is only learned superficialness.Thistext made a study to the spread of the West Chamber be accepted to Ming and Qing Dynastiesscholars by correlation theory of communication theories、receptive esthetics、textology andetc. Studies lead the conclusions:1. The West Chamber attracted great interests in Ming andQing Dynasties as the culture characteristic of scholars and read、discuss、comment and etcwhich directly promote the spread of The West Chamber at that time.Once the West Chamberwas published,it immediately make a sensation in the literary world.A series of adaptationsand sequels appear,to re-interpretation of the West Chamber.They have the important role onthe spread of the West Chamber.The West Chamber is important to the aftertime creation.Thelater scholar in the creation learning The West Chamber of the theme,creative techniques andthe narrative paradigm. This was profoundly manifested in the following ways:fiction anddrama fields.