Literature and Popular Culture - Priests and Playwrights
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Why is it not correct to say that Chinese drama was 'belated' in comparison to other genres and cultures as is often stressed in English?
Describe the variety plays which took place in the Song dynasty.
What are the major contributions of the Yuan dynasty's zaju to operatic theater and Chinese literature in general?
- The zaju provided unity to northern drama by limiting the sung parts to a single actor and by its tight, four-act structure.
- It provided a unique new form of verse; sanqu.
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What was new about sanqu (a form of verse)?
With which city was Zaju associated?
What is chuanqi drama?
With which cities are chuanqi dramas associated?
Why is the Beijing opera of importance (despite the fact that it is of less literary interest than earlier pieces)?
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