On Narrative Art and Tragedy Spirit of LI Yu's Qing Zhong Pu
Qing Zhong Pu,written by LI Yu,is an outstanding classic drama.The previous studies have mainly fo-cused on the dimension of historical reality.In fact,as a stage creation of the Suzhou School during the Ming and Qing dynasties,the success of Qing Zhong Pu depends not only on"presenting everything as it is",but also on dramatist's crafted narrative structure and the resulting artistic tension.Therefore,its narrative art is especially of profound meanings and hidden wisdom.The unique"four lines"narrative of the play ingeniously coincides with the ethical concepts—"loyalty,filial piety,integrity and righteousness",achieving its educational purpose of reward-ing good and punishing evil.Its dream narrative uses dreams and ghosts to construct an aesthetic scenario where the real and the imaginary are interwined,while the"play-within-the-play"narrative allows history to mirror reality,foreshadowing the development of the main line.Besides,as one of the top ten classical tragedies in China,by cre-ating the typical tragic characters—ZHOU Shunchang and YAN Peiwei,Qing Zhong Pu depicts the historical trage-dy of"the battle between the loyal and the traitorous"and reflects the noble tragic spirit that"Knowing it can not be done,yet still striving to accomplish it".
Qing Zhong Puthe four lines narrative of"loyalty,filial piety,integrity and righteousness"dream narrativeplay-within-the-playtragedy spirit
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