Abstract
Before the New Culture Movement, the development of chuanqi & zaju was directed by reporter writers and adherent writers. Hereafter, they were gradually replaced by scholar writers. Influenced by such factors as national crises and individual plights, scholar writers wrote plays to call upon the struggling spirit, or express their own melancholy. As they had the most profound attainment on traditional drama during the Republic of China, scholar writers respected the essence of drama, and especially devoted more in melody, phraseology and structure. They had the highest achievement in the creation of chuanqi & zaju since the late Qing Dynasty by creating a series of good plays that were both readable and performable. The emergence of scholar writers not only solved the problem of the lack of xiqu writers after the New Culture Movement and prolonged the lives of chuanqi & zaju, but also laid a solid foundation for their return to the xiqu stage. Furthermore, their endeavor could point out a right direction for survival and development of various contemporary xiqu genres or drama styles.
First Page
142
Last Page
151
Recommended Citation
Yao, Dahuai. 2016. "Chuanqi & Zaju by Scholar Writers during the Republic of China Period and Their Significance in Drama History." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 36, (4): pp.142-151. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol36/iss4/8
