The Comic Spirit Of The Ancient Chinese Dramas

Comic spirit is not only a kind of art spirit, but also concerns ethos, time spirit and the world view of human being. The ancient Chinese dramas, in which comedies are very flourishing, have a close relationship with comic spirit. The Chinese dramas have an early origin but become mature after a long time, and with the effort of both folk artists and literates, the Chinese dramas formed finally and tend towards mature. Also, for the different interests between folk artists and literates, the Chinese dramas manifest two kinds of value tropism, which make comic spirit rich and colorful. From the aspect of folk dramas, the Chinese dramas originating from the fete of religion remain the vigorous life force owning to they embody in traditional festival and folk-custom activities. The sweeping temples become the center of the folk entertainment and theatrics because folk society hankers for the entertainment universally. The collective life experience of taking part in the folk dramas together forms a carnival culture of folk dramas approximately. Then the comic spirit manifests the optimistic spirit of life and a carnival world view of seeking freedom and equality. Look from the development of the Chinese dramas, with the changes of the social condition, the spirit of the works of the literates, as well as the comic spirit, correspond with the time spirits. The comic spirit of the dramas of the Song Dynasty manifests the spirit of irony and critique that is correlative to the satirizing of the politics. The dramas of the Yuan Dynasty manifest a kind of freedom, which breaks through the shackle and is high-spirit. The dramas of Ming Dynasty bring the spirit of satire that is promoted by literates into full play. The folk dramas, which are...