On The Dramatic Structure Of Cao Yu's Plays

Cao Yu is a great playwright in the 20th century .His works, for example Thunderstorm, symbolize the maturity of Chinese modern drama. The study on Cao Yu plays an important part in the study of Chinese modern drama .Cao Yu is the Shakespeare in China. This paper mainly presents Cao Yu's drama structure—dramatized structure .The introduction outlines Cao Yu's unique position in the modern drama history ,the current situation of the study of Cao Yu's dramas ,as well as the research value of Cao Yu's drama structure.Chapter I mainly discuss the internal spirit under the drama conflicts Contradictory conflict is the core of drama structure . The structure of Cao Yu's early works centres on the conflicts. And the conflicts change depending on different dramas. Under the various conflicts of drama, the common internal spirit of his early works sing praises of the primitive nature, which disappear in the later works of Cao Yu.Chapter II mainly discuss the whole structure mode of Cao Yu's drama. The locked world and the new world make up this mode. Cao Yu use "House" as the expression of the locked world, while "fleeing" as the expression of going out the locked world. The developing of Cao Yu's early drama structure is the process of new world defeats the old one. As the old world falls apart, the new world becomes the main structure mode of Cao Yu's later works.Chapter III discuss the transformation of drama plot. Plot is an important element in the drama structure. The idea of working out the plot mainly comes from the re-combination of the material of life and impression. However, the changable reconstruction and recreation of the former plots is also an important source. Many plots in Cao Yu's works come from the recreation of the former drama plots, which is a distinguish feature of Cao Yu's works.Chapter IV discuss Cao Yu's poetic drama. Seeking for poetic character is the direction of development of Chinese modern drama. Cao Yu emphasizes the combination of poetry and drama. and he get great achievement on this. This chapter elaborates the poetic drama structure from the aspects—language and dramatic context. The conclusion generalizes the characteristics of Cao Yu's drama structure. But what is a pity that Cao Yu doesn't continues developing his drama structure after Chinese foundation.