A Narrative Comparison of the Forms of"Singing in Tunes"and"Dialogue"between Chinese and Western Dramas
Chinese and Western dramas differ in their languages and performing forms.Chinese operas focus on the"singing in dif-ferent tunes",while Western dramas mainly employ"dialogues"between characters.Considering the dual attributes of theatrical language from the perspective of textual language,both forms belong to the poetic language,which has formed a poetic narrative tra-dition.As both are of deep metaphorical narratives,developing rules that require the poetic language should be appropriate for the characters'discourse.From the aspect of the spoken language,Chinese and Western dramas have different phonetic media for"singing"and"speaking",discourse functions and speech rates,which lead to the fact that Chinese dramas are much more narra-tively entertaining and artistic while western dramas are story-based with a much faster narrative rhythm.
Chinese and Western dramasthe form of singing with tunesthe form of dialoguedramatic languagedramatic narra-tive
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