A Study On The Adaptation Of Pu Opera In The Second Half Of The 20th Century

Puju,as an ancient type of operas in China,is the precious heritage and non-renewable cultural resources of excellent traditional Chinese opera.In terms of the development process of early Pu Opera,Shanshan Bangzi,the predecessor of Pu Opera,not only experienced the difficult exploration in the early stage of growth,but also experienced the highlight moments of successful performance after growth.It has had a very important impact on the maturity and prosperity of Pu Opera,and even on the formation and expansion of Beijing Opera,as well as its catalytic,breeding and self-restraint role that cannot be ignored.It can be seen from this that the Shanshan Bangzi,which rose in the Ming Dynasty,became the simple and authentic Puzhou Bangzi in Jinnan,Shanxi in the Qing Dynasty,and then became the Tongzhou Bangzi in Weinan,Shaanxi,and then was accommodated by the Qin Opera.The Tongzhou Bangzi gradually declined,while the Puzhou Bangzi,or Puju Opera,became more popular.The repertoire of Puju Opera is extremely rich,and it is known as "Three Thousand of Tang Dynasty,Eight Hundred of Song Dynasty,and Countless Three Kingdoms".According to the usual statement,there are more than 500 traditional operas of Puju,including the original and the broken operas.In fact,according to the existing data,the number of Puju operas is much higher than this number.Just take Guo Baochen,the famous Puju actor,as an example,one of them is good at more than 300 operas,which can be seen from the large number of Puju operas.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China,under the strong impetus of a series of drama policies,Puju Opera has undergone earth-shaking changes and achieved remarkable achievements.Since the reform and opening up,Puju Opera has entered a best and fastest development period.It has produced not only a large number of plays but also good quality.While greatly meeting the appreciation needs of the people,it has adapted The newly created boutique plays have also influenced and promoted the renewal and prosperity of other plays.Some plays have even spread abroad,playing a good role in promoting the overseas dissemination of Chinese culture.This paper takes the adaptation of Puju plays in the second half of the 20 th century as the research theme,and aims to focus on the adaptation of traditional Puju plays from the perspective of Puju art and the history of the development and evolution of local Chinese operas.Focusing on "what is adapted","in what context","how to adapt","what has been adapted",and "how to adapt",according to different subject types,taking literature research and text analysis as the main methods,the author comprehensively applied the theories and research methods of multiple disciplines such as drama,folklore,and historiography to thoroughly investigate the historical context,specific process,text content Internal motivation and main path.On this basis,we should grasp the overall characteristics and cultural functions of the traditional repertoire adaptation of Puju Opera,summarize its historical experience,reflect on its advantages and disadvantages,and then provide experience for the adaptation of traditional operas of Chinese local operas,and seek possible theoretical reference for the innovation of Puju Opera art and local operas.At the same time,it contributes to the inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage like opera.From the perspective of opera adaptation,in the broad perspective of the development and evolution of Puju art,it can promote the inheritance and development of Puju art in the new historical era by combing and investigating the context of the classic traditional Puju opera.At the same time,taking the adaptation of the purpose of Puju classic drama as a typical case,by summarizing its historical experience and grasping its internal laws,it has important theoretical significance for in-depth analysis of the development and evolution of the purpose of local traditional opera,and has important academic value for understanding the construction function of adaptation to the purpose of traditional opera.At the same time,under the background of intangible heritage protection,this paper is also conducive to the protection of the cultural heritage of opera.The thesis mainly interprets the mystery of Puju art from the story text level,and also provides typical cases,theories and methods for the study of the adaptation of operas in other places besides Puju.