A Study On The Narrative Art Of Legendary Drama In Late Ming Dynasty

After the mid-Wanli period,the legendary dramas of the Ming Dynasty entered a prosperous period of creation.Legendary playwrights such as Tang Xianzu,Shen Jing,Li Yu,and Tu Long created dozens of works.The narrative art of the script developed with the stage performance art.more mature.This paper attempts to study the textual narrative of the late Ming Dynasty legendary dramas as a blood-connected whole.It interprets the mature and unique narrative art of late Ming legendary dramas,and explores its inseparable artistic origins and connections with previous and later narrative works.The narrative of the play is entirely entrusted to the performance of the characters,and the narrator disappears completely behind the characters."Character system" is the foundation of the structure and system of legendary dramas."Sheng,Dan,Jing,Mo,Chou and Wai" are the six most basic characters in late Ming legendary dramas.In the process of arranging characters to participate in the narration of the script,the legendary playwrights of the late Ming Dynasty,on the one hand,highlighted the central position of the "Sheng and Dan" protagonists,and completed the inheritance and breakthrough of the "Sheng and Dan" model.The script has not only the traditional "One Sheng and One Dang" structure,but also the "One Sheng and Double Dang" and "One Sheng and Multiple Dang " structures,as well as the " Double Sheng and Double Dang " structure,which is a meaningful breakthrough from the " One Sheng and One Dang" structure.On the other hand,it pays attention to the relationship between the six basic characters in the narrative,and the artistic setting of the relationship among the characters is conducive to strengthening the dramatic conflict,mainly divided into two kinds.The first is the antagonistic setting of the relationship among different characters,such as good and evil,loyalty and treachery,good and evil.The second is the complementary setting of the relationship between the protagonist and the supporting characters,such as master and subordinate,rigid and soft.Complementary settings for the relationship between slave,rigidity and softness.From the role settings of the late Ming legend dramas,we can also see two rules.One is,in the configuration of the role,Jing and Chou are more to play the negative characters,outside,Wai and Mo are more to play the positive characters.The second is that the status of Jing and Chou has been increasing,gradually developing in the direction of positive station.Props are special mediums that establish relationships with characters,plots,and time and space.The props in the late Ming legendary drama has two major uses,"symbolizing the love between men and women" and "connecting the political line of the whole drama",and it plays the narrative functions of raising emotions,revealing the theme,threading the needle,connecting the plot,promoting the plot,and shaping the characters.The narrative function of connecting the story line between characters is particularly prominent.Dramatic narrative is basically the "voice" narrative of the characters,and the plot is mainly promoted by singing and speaking.The lyrics of the late Ming legend dramas are of various styles,including the "Wenci Sect " that emphasizes elegance and literary talent,the "Linchuan Sect" that emphasizes talent and interest,the "Wujiang Sect" that emphasizes rhythm and natural,and the "Suzhou Sect" that emphasizes striking features.The overall trend and changing law are from elegant and elegant to popular and natural,the lyricism gradually weakens and the narration continues to strengthen.The narrations of late Ming legend dramas can be divided into on-stage dialogues,monologues,on-off-stage poems,“chabai” and “daibai”,all of which have a certain narrative quality.In short,the late Ming legendary dramas developed on the basis of Yuan Zaju and Southern Operas comprehensively used a variety of distinctive narrative methods to push the narrative level of large-scale legendary dramas to a new height,and have a positive impact on the later Qing Dynasty legendary dramas.The double-line structure,the art of prop narrative,the style of Qubai,and the view of Qu Lun in the Qing Dynasty all had important influences.