Survivor in Chinese Modern Transitions in the Twentieth Century

From the First Peking Opera Film to Modern Play

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210519.092How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Peking Opera, Modern play, Transition

Abstract

In this paper, the author analyzes the change of the Peking Opera during Chinese modern transition in the twentieth century, comparing Peking Opera as the survivor during the dramatic transition. This paper especially focuses on the first Peking Opera Film Regrets Of Life And Death and the modern play The Red Detachment Of Women, taking them as typical examples. The author intends to know that why people are still able to see the original performance of Peking Opera at present, with young Peking Opera actors learning traditional version of plays meticulously. Through the analysis in this paper, it can be known that people who performed Peking Opera during this transition have made efforts for Peking Opera, so that it can accommodate with the current social norm and popular wave. Although many supporters of traditional plays opposed the change of performances, the changes did survive and attracted more people’s attention and interest.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jingyuan Yu
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - Survivor in Chinese Modern Transitions in the Twentieth Century
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 464
EP  - 467
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.092
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.092
ID  - Yu2021
ER  -