Ye Xiaowan And His Drama "Mandarin Duck Dream"'s Artistic Characteristics And Female Consciousness Research

Ye Xiao-wan got her literature accumulation beyond the infiltration of the two large family Ye and Shen which were famous for art and culture.And Ye Xiao-wan was the first woman writer in Chinese operas history who created the poetic drama ?Yuan Yang Meng?under the impact of the mid Ming Dynasty background and opera writers like Shen Jing etc.Ye Xiao-wan is a woman writer who was good at various literature styles,which was rarely to see in the whole history of literature.Although only a few works have survived,most of them are very valuable classic,and the profound feelings contained in the drama,stayed still across the times changing of a century.Her sisters' death not only made her create such a funeral elegy,but also made a great contribution to Literature and drama.In addition to expressing the nostalgia for the sisters,the production also expressed the desire to pursue aspirations and pursue spiritual freedom by turning her gender.?Yuan Yang Meng? tends to express the dissatisfaction and depression that can not be used although being good at many skills.Through the "dream of mandarin ducks",Ye Xiaowan strongly expressed her accusation of society and the extreme dissatisfaction and disgust of this unfair social phenomenon.In the works,we can also find that Ye's feminist consciousness has appeared,though it is unconscious germination consciousness and relatively weak,but it has made great progress to have such a thought in the middle Ming Dynasty social environment.She makes a voice for women,emphasizing the social status of women,abandoning love,being eager to find like-minded friends.From the background of Ye Xiao-wan's life and the living environment,this paper tries to find the creative turning point and creation process of the poetic drama ?Yuan Yang Meng?.