1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955331803321

Autore

Fu Jin <1956->

Titolo

A History of Chinese Theatre in the 20th Century . I / / Jin Fu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , [2020]

ISBN

1-00-302759-8

1-000-04418-1

1-003-02759-8

1-000-04416-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 pages)

Collana

China Perspectives Series

Disciplina

792.0951

792.09510904

Soggetti

Theater - China - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: New Dramas and New Stages 1. Emergence and Development of Peking Opera (Jingju) 2. The Emergence of Minor Genres and Civilian Aesthetics 3. Theatrical Reform Campaign and New Concepts Part2: Updating Concepts and Adapting Theatrical Industry to Market Requirements 4. New Orientation for Theatrical Reform 5. New Changes in the Performing Market Appendix 1: All the Repertoire Appendix 2: Dramatic Terms Appendix 3: Relevant Historical Events and Terms in the Particular Period

Sommario/riassunto

The 20th century was a dynamic period for the theatrical arts in China. Booming urban theatres, the interaction between commercial practice and theatres, dramas staged during the War of Resistance against Japan and an in-depth communication between Western and Eastern theatres all contributed to the momentousness of this period. The four volumes of A History of Chinese Theatre in the 20th Century display the developmental trajectories of Chinese theatre over those hundred years. This volume deals with the developmental process of Chinese theatre from 1900 to 1949, covering the prosperity of Peking Opera, the advent of play and colorful local dramas. The author shows that the modernization of Chinese theatre was subject to both internal factors and influences from the outside world, while modernity and localization



are two contradictory but complementary dimensions in any interpretation of Chinese theatre in the 20th century. Scholars and students in the history of the arts, especially the history of Chinese theatre, will find this book to be an essential guide.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953673903321

Autore

Besserman Lawrence L. <1945->

Titolo

Biblical paradigms in medieval English literature : from Caedmon to Malory / / Lawrence Besserman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-59715-8

1-136-59716-6

0-203-34750-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture ; ; 1

Disciplina

820.9/001

Soggetti

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

Holy, The, in literature

Secularism in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature: From Cædmonto Malory; 1. Biblical Paradigms in Old English Verse: Cædmon's Hymn, Exodus,and Beowulf; 2. Sacred and Secular in the Middle English Lyric: "Maiden in the Moor Lay"and "I Sing of a Maiden; 3. Sacred and Secular in the World of Romance: SGGK The Idea of the Green Knight; 4. Biblical Analogies and the Language of Love in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

5. Chivalry and the Scandal of the Sacred in Malory's Le Morte DarthurConclusion; Notes; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the intricate and unusual relationship between the sacred and secular spheres of English medieval culture, positing that the assimilation of sacred and secular motifs could be in either direction, or even in both directions. That is, medieval English writers could appropriate biblical paradigms to express secular themes, and vice versa. Codicological, psychoanalytic, feminist, and new historicist insights inform readings of Beowulf, Middle English lyric poetry, the Gawain-poet, Chaucer, and Malory, among others. Besserman elucidates the structural and thematic complexity