Tsʻao Yü, the reluctant disciple of Chekhov and O'Neill : a study in literary influence /
Historians of modern Chinese literature have generally used the year 1907 to mark the inception of Western-style drama in China. For in that year, a small group of Chinese students in Japan, inspired by the Japanese experiments with Western drama, decided to follow suit and form the Spring Willow So...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Hong Kong, China] :
Hong Kong University Press,
1970.
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| Series: | Centre of Asian Studies series ;
no. 2. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Ts'ao Yii and the rise of modern Chinese drama
- Thunderstorm: Its source and form
- Thunderstorm and desire under the El
- Sunrise and the "tearful" art of Chekhov
- Sunrise and the cherry orchard
- The noble savage as a rejuvenative symbol
- The wilderness and The Emperor Jones as studies of fear
- Peking man and the decline of Chinese gentility
- Tseng Wen-ch'ing and Ivanov: portraits of two "superfluous men"
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.