Plays：Heroine、Home Coming

The thesis contains two parts－two Chinese Opera plays and the analysis. Heroine is a work of creative writing. Home Coming was adapted from the traditional Peking Opera play The Shepherd Su Wu.
Heroine inspired by the heroines in Tang legendary and Pu Songling’s “Heroine” in Strange Tales of Liaozhai, Heroine rebuilds the heroine’s motivation for revenge and deepens the exploration of her inner world. Home Coming based on Peking opera The Shepherd Su Wu and Kun opera The Story of Shepherd, attempts to challenge the historical evaluation of Su Wu and Li Ling. Through reconstructing their conversation, the existing images of the two protagonists are subverted.
The discussion after the script will be divided into three parts: “Explanation”, “Analysis”, and “Examination” about Heroine and Home Coming, respectively. In “Explanation”, I will reveal my motivation to write the two scripts and describe my understanding about the roles.In “Analysis”, I will elaborate my idea of creation by analyzing the plots, conversations, and characters in the two scripts. “Examination” as the end of my thesis and creation will shed light on the difficulties I confronted during my writing and some unsolved problems that require further studies.