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About this book
This book is a study of the thematic, narrative, and musical structure of Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] edition of the Yuan zaju (variety play) Dou E yuan [Injustice to Dou E] originally composed by the highly regarded playwright Guan Hanqing (fl. 1260). Although other authors have studied these three aspects of Dou E yuan separately, this is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic as a scholarly monograph in English. Yumin Ao's analysis is based on the edition of the play in the Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] compiled by the Ming publisher Zang Maoxun (ca. 1550–1620). Ao proposes that Dou E yuan, as a dramatic narrative which develops through its enactment on the stage rather than by verbal presentation as a story, displays its integrative structure of narration through its thematic development and within its musical conventions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and the Textual Editions of Dou E yuan
- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Guan Hanqing, His Zaju Composition and the Editions of Dou E yuan
- Chapter Two: Modern Criticism of Guan Hanqing and Yuan Zaju
- Chapter Three: A Study on the Original Story
- Chapter Four: Thematic Structure
- Chapter Five: Narrative Structure
- Chapter Six: Musical Structure (I)
- Chapter Seven: Musical Structure (II)
- Chapter Eight: Musical Structure (III)
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Synopsis
- Bibliography