Study On The Comic Pattern Of Zhezi Drama In Ming And Qing Dynasties

As one kind of important modality of traditional drama, which existing in Mingand Qing Dynasties,Zhezi drama had begun to appear and come into fashion sinceZhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. The maturity of Zhezi Drama was based on thereference of miscellaneous drama, southern opera,legend and other drama modeswhich also promoted the further refinement of the division of roles,acting skills andartistic characteristics.Comic pattern is a special structural form of some plots in the development ofstory.Although it isn’t limited to Zhezi drama,when it be used in the Zhezi drama wecan see the unique feature to be revealed. Compared with other artisticcharacteristics,comic pattern in Zhezi drama which is produced on the basis of thecompleteness of Zhezi drama is more comprehensive in contents and more pluralisticin expressive force.It not only inherits Chinese comic Spirit of long standing,but alsohas a profound influence upon the display form to comic tradition.Complete Works of Revised Zhuibaiqiu published by Sijiaotang is one of theversions get reference from the new edition of fashionable and graceful tone withZhuibaiqiu that was well compiled by QianDecang during the Qianlong period.Zhuibaiqiu that be collated by WangXieru took this version as an original version.Itcollects492scenes from plays on Kun-Tune and other tunes including421scenes ofKunju and71scenes of Huabu that can reflect the fashion trend in the field of dramaat that time basically and be the important research references of history of Zhezidrama’s performance.Study on comic pattern of Zhezi drama in Ming and QingDynasties from the dramatic literature angle,Zhuibaiqiu is the most representative andconvincing anthology without a doubt.Comic pattern of Zhezi drama is the extraction of the structure of the comic plots inZhezi drama and its application reflects generality of Zhezi drama’s performance andits own characteristics. From the view of outside factors, the comic characteristics ofcomic pattern of Zhezi drama are conveyed to the audiences through the fusion ofsound, shape and skills, as well as the audiovisual coordination in the premise that thespecial drama performance is fully approved. Every step such as dialects selection, tunes using,act display and the coordination about costume and music will affect theexpression of comic effect. From the internal factors, comic pattern of Zhezi drama isdefined by cultural tradition, social thoughts, custom,belief, regionalism, languagehabit,etc.That leads comic pattern of Zhezi drama to present complex conditions anddifferent aesthetic styles both in comic texts and theater performances.