Portraits of the Yang-Clan Heroic Women of Beijing Opera—From the Traditional to the Contemporary
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Kuo, Shi-Yi
Abstract
Since Beijing Opera arose in the middle Qing Dynasty, it has acquired and propagated a large traditional repertoire about the Yang-Clan Warriors. While many plays of the repertoire seemingly feature male characters, females, like Dowager She, Mu Gui-ying, Queen Mother Xiao, Yang Pai-feng, and etc., still present vividly distinct images with their perseverance and toughness no inferior to the males. The contemporary stage of Chinese Operas began in 1949, and under Opera-reform policies actively practiced by the China government, a new contemporary Yang-Clan repertoire mostly protraying those heroic women has appeared, some of which have come to become the classic, including Mu Gui-ying Takes Command and The Yang-Clan Female Warriors. Furthermore, the contemporary images of the females in the Yang-Clan plays have thus been innovatively developed and deepened based on their traditional ones. This thesis will analyze the image evolvement of the Yang-Clan heroic women, from the traditional to the contemporary, as well as inspect the political themes reflected from the plays, dominated by Opera-reform policies. And through comparing with the traditional images, the Yang-Clan heroic women’s contemporary characteristics co-created by those outstanding playwrights, actors, and actresses shall be clearly revealed.
Subjects
the Yang-Clan Warriors
the Yang-Clan heroic women
Opera Reform
Mu Gui-ying Takes Command
The Yang-Clan Female Warriors
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