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Shih, Kuang-sheng.

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Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Ritualistic aspects of Yuan tsa-chu theater./
Author:	Shih, Kuang-sheng.
Description:	417 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-12, Section: A, page: 4134.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International53-12A.
Subject:	Theater. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9310911

Ritualistic aspects of Yuan tsa-chu theater.
Shih, Kuang-sheng.

Ritualistic aspects of Yuan tsa-chu theater. - 417 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-12, Section: A, page: 4134.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1992.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Yuan tsa-chu theater, a theatrical form under Mongol rule between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, has been studied as a literary and a dramatic form. Hardly explored are the ritualistic aspects of this pioneering form of theater in the history of Chinese theater. However, this study aims at examining the ritual elements embodied in the Yuan stage, production, and drama by means of an approach combining field research and traditional textual analysis. Chinese shamanism (Wu-chiao) should be regarded as an aboriginal religion which nourished the origins of Chinese culture and literature, and there is no exception for the origins of Chinese theater. The ancient rituals established in the Chou dynasty when Chinese shamanism was in its heyday signaled the significant application of both theatrical and ritual elements for religious purposes: evocation and exorcism. During the course of evolution, the ancient rituals finally transformed and developed into ritual theaters which had a significant impact on the formation of the ritualistic aspects of Yuan tsa-chu theater.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Theater.

Ritualistic aspects of Yuan tsa-chu theater.
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520 $a Yuan tsa-chu theater, a theatrical form under Mongol rule between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, has been studied as a literary and a dramatic form. Hardly explored are the ritualistic aspects of this pioneering form of theater in the history of Chinese theater. However, this study aims at examining the ritual elements embodied in the Yuan stage, production, and drama by means of an approach combining field research and traditional textual analysis. Chinese shamanism (Wu-chiao) should be regarded as an aboriginal religion which nourished the origins of Chinese culture and literature, and there is no exception for the origins of Chinese theater. The ancient rituals established in the Chou dynasty when Chinese shamanism was in its heyday signaled the significant application of both theatrical and ritual elements for religious purposes: evocation and exorcism. During the course of evolution, the ancient rituals finally transformed and developed into ritual theaters which had a significant impact on the formation of the ritualistic aspects of Yuan tsa-chu theater.
520 $a The field research conducted at numerous field sites where extant Yuan stages survive allows me to probe into the ritual elements of the performing space and the development of the theater structure. A careful analysis of Yuan tsa-chu stage and production results in my understanding of the sacred and secular occasions, which determined numerous theatrical productions appreciated by the Yuan spectators, and the ritual functions embodied in the theater structure. Elaborated ritual elements documented in the Yuan texts convince me of the fact that the ritual elements dominated by Chinese shamanism were employed by the Yuan playwrights as theatrical devices to create themes, characters, and plots. The application of the ritual elements found in the three ritualistic aspects assures me that Yuan tsa-chu theater can be regarded as a ritual theater in which ritual and entertainment serve as its dual purposes, and that the ritual elements, at the same time, became vital theatrical conventions for the theaters of the later ages to observe.
520 $a The significance of this study lies in the fact that it explores the untouched ritual meanings of Yuan tsa-chu theater by examining the three decisive aspects of this theatrical form: stage, production, and text. It also explains how the ritual elements functioned as theatrical devices that connected the religious and entertaining functions shared by the Yuan artists and spectators. Thus, Yuan tsa-chu theater, like theatrical forms found in other cultures, was a reflection of human life.
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