A01=Hongchu Fu
Author_Hongchu Fu
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Chinese drama
Chinese literature
East Asian theater
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Yuan dynasty history
Yuan zaju plays
Product details
- ISBN 9781793653413
- Weight: 653g
- Dimensions: 157 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is an English translation of three plays by Yang Zi—a Yuan dynasty playwright, court official, and ocean-shipping tycoon—with extensive annotations of the Chinese originals. The author conveys the way a Yuan zaju play was composed, especially in the use of its extrametrical characters. To help readers understand the unique position Yang Zi was in during the Yuan dynasty under the Mongol rule, the author also includes a detailed description of Yang Zi’s life and his family as an appendix. With a general introduction about the plays and their theatrical features, together with an individual introduction to each play to provide its background, artistic features and also controversies, this anthology is not only a useful collection of Chinese dramas for Western readers interested in learning about the unique way Yuan zaju plays are presented, but also a window through which readers can perceive indirectly the complicated mental activities of a Han intellectual serving the Mongol court.
Hongchu Fu is professor of Chinese language and literature at Washington and Lee University.
