Study Of Comedy In Ming Dynasty Zaju

The concept "comedy" was introduced into china a hundred years ago. Researching Chinese classical operas with concept "comedy" has also been more than 30 years. Today, there are still some scholars questioning the rationality of "Chinese classical comedy". Chinese Classical Comedy was avoided and left out by the traditional opera circles。there are still another corner which was neglected——the Ming Dynasty operas。In this article, I will join Chinese Classical Comedy and Ming Dynasty operas together and discuss aesthetic characteristics of Chinese classical comedy from Ming Dynasty operas.This article is divided into five parts.The first part describes the identification of standards of Chinese classical comedy. Firstly, I outline doctrines about the nature of comedy home and abroad. Then, there is my mind:from the perspective of the aesthetic subject, creator of the comic should have "the spirit of comedy", Including the ability to reflect life and consciousness;From the perspective of the aesthetic object, comedy should have a "disharmony", inherent characteristics.The second part sorts out the history of the development of Chinese Classical Comedy。Firstly, I divide Chinese classical opera into three stages:the embryonic, the mature, the modern opera。Then, studying features and characteristics of various stages of comedy in order to accurately grasp the development and evolution of the comedy spirit.The third part is the classification study on the Ming Dynasty comedy. I divide Ming Dynasty comedy from the main themes in the comedy and kind of comedy in order to analyze the Ming Dynasty comedy comprehensively, detailed.The fourth part:paralleling with the Western comedy and the Yuan Dynasty comedy and discussing their differences and the causes of the differences.The fifth Part discusses the aesthetic characteristics of Ming dynasty comedy. Studying the Ming Dynasty comedy with the survey of the times, and revealing the unique value of the Ming Dynasty Comedy from cultural meaning, aesthetic, artistic and other aspects, which affirmed the unique charm of Chinese Classical Comedy.。...