Theatre and Society: Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama: Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama

by Yan,Haiping

• ISBN13: 9780765603081
• ISBN10: 076560308X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-07-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Chinese spoken drama flourished in the 1980s when it generated a series of national controversies. In important respects, this was the golden age of drama in the People's Republic, as the stage became a most effective arena for exploring long suppressed cultural and political issues, constituting an indispensable dimension of the reform that has been altering the landscape of contemporary Chinese culture and society. The plays in this volume are among the most influential and controversial, having engendered intense cultural debate and political confrontations. The film script was chosen from among the most acclaimed contemporary Chinese films for its high significance in the history of Chinese film and its international influence in the cinematic world. For general readers with diverse cultural and artistic interests, this anthology introduces a new world of performing culture that enriches, delights, and challenges.

Author Biography

Kimberly Besio is an assistant professor in the Colby College Department of East Asian Studies Rong Cai is on the faculty at Illinois State University received her Ph.D. in Chinese and comparative literature from Washington University in St. Louis Thomas Moran is an assistant professor of Chinese at Middlebury College David Williams is associate professor of English at Providence University in Taichung, Taiwan, where he also acts and directs Xiaoxia Williams taught English at Liaoning University. She received her M.A. in city and regional planning from Cornell University Yan Haiping is an assistant professor of theater and comparative literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder Yu Shiaoling is an associate professor of Chinese at Oregon State University at Corvallis

Table of Contents

The Bus-Station (Chezhan, 1983)

WM [We] (Women, 1985)

A History of a Fallen Woman (Pan Jinlian-Yige nuren de chenlunshi, 1986)

Sangshuping Chronicles (Sangshuping jishi, 1988)

Old Well (Laojing, a film script, 1987)

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