The drama Sunrise is one of the representative works of Cao Yu, an outstanding modern dramatist in China, and has been put on the stage for countless times. Next, I'd like to introduce the play Sunrise to you. Come and have a look!
Cao Yu (19 10- 1996), the author of the play Sunrise, is an outstanding dramatist in modern China. My ancestral home is Qianjiang, Hubei. 19 10 was born in Tianjin on September 24th. His original name is Wan Jiabao and his name is Xiaoshi. When he was studying in Tsinghua? Baby? Nickname.
? Cao Yu? It was his first pseudonym (his surname) when he published his novel on 1926. Wan? What is the traditional Chinese character "10,000"? Grass prefix? And then what? Hey? Words, grass prefixes and? Cao? Homophonic, so? Cao Yu? Namely. Wan? )。
Who is Cao Yu? Audience of civilized drama, amateur actor who loves American drama, playwright under the influence of left-wing drama? (Sun Qingsheng: On Cao Yu, Peking University Publishing House, 1986). This sentence roughly summarizes Cao Yu's dramatic life.
His major plays are: Thunderstorm, Sunrise and Yuan Ye (known as Cao Yu Trilogy) created in 1930s; War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's Metamorphosis and Peking Man and Home (adapted from Ba Jin's novel of the same name); As well as Clear Sky Wan Li, Bright Sword (in cooperation with mercy and Yu Shizhi) and Wang Zhaojun created in 1950s and 1970s. Each of his plays has touched readers and audiences with great artistic power. He is called? Shakespeare in China? .
1935 A brief introduction to the four-act drama Sunrise written by Cao Yu.
Sunrise is the representative work of Mr. Cao Yu. Sunrise occupies a leading position in Cao Yu's plays with its distinctive epochal and profound historical connotation.
The script is a character's exhibition structure, centering on harmony, taking Chen's living room and the third-class brothel under the Baohe River as the activity places, showing the life of people from all walks of life to the audience and exposing the exploitation system? The injury is not enough? The essence of.
In artistic creation, the author tries to write the true face of social life with a cross-sectional description, so Sunrise has the characteristics of a documentary, and everything is like life itself rather than like it? Play? .
With Sunrise as its theme, the play is a four-act play based on the life of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in China in the early 1930s. The idea of Sunrise is to expose the dark side of semi-colonial metropolis and criticize it? The injury is not enough? Society.
First of all, the script reveals the dark erosion of society through the wonderful portrayal of the ugliness of semi-colonial urban groups. There are scheming bankers, such as Pan Yueting, servile, vulgar grandma Gu Ba and foreign slave Zhang George. These urban agglomerations gather in Chen Bailu's apartments for fun and intrigue, which fully exposes the deformed humanity distorted by money.
Second, describe? Insufficient? Those who are bullied. ? Little thing? Be sold to a brothel; Shengsan Huang, a clerk, was desperate to poison his children, but he was rescued from madness. The script describes their tragic fate and their kindness, loyalty and stubbornness.
It is through the description of the ugliness of urban groups and the humiliation and deprivation of the lower classes that the script reflects the bizarre social life picture of semi-colonial China metropolis in 1930s. Surplus? Greed is insatiable, drunk and dreaming; On the other hand, what about the injured? Losers? Be insulted. ? Surplus? And then what? Losers? In sharp contrast, expressed the blame? The injury is not enough? The theme of the dark society.
The story outline of the drama "Chen Bailu at sunrise as a social butterfly" is supported by banker Pan Yueting. She lives with a group of idle parasites all day. Although she hates and despises everything around her, she can only adopt a cynical attitude towards life. The old lover tried to save her, but she couldn't extricate herself. Pan Yueting failed in stock trading, and Chen Bailu was heavily in debt, feeling that the future was bleak, and finally committed suicide by taking poison. The story also describes a little guy, Shengsan Huang, who was fired innocently and sought a job in Li Shiqing, but was stunned by the sudden appearance of Pan Yueting. Then, Pan Yueting ordered Wang Fusheng to pat and pinch Shengsan Huang, gave him three dollars and told him to fuck off.
The historical influence of the drama Sunrise occupies an important position in the history of China drama.
1. The publication of Thunderstorm and Sunrise marks the maturity of China's drama creation. The dramatic conflict in the play is sharp and complicated, and the structure is rigorous; The characters are distinctive and unique, full of typical significance; Drama language is personalized, action and lyrical. These characteristics of drama are the signs of the maturity of drama creation.
Second, it promoted the play from? Desk drama? Where to? Drama performance? The development of. Before Cao Yu, most plays were mainly about reading and appreciation. Cao Yu's plays such as Thunderstorm and Sunrise have excellent stage effects.
Third, it has promoted the development of large-scale full-length play. Before Cao Yu, modern dramas were mostly one-act dramas and medium-sized dramas. Thunderstorm and other dramas are large-scale dramas, and the performance time is 2 or 3 hours. The plot is more complicated, and the life content reflected is richer and wider. After Thunderstorm and Sunrise, the creation of modern large-scale dramas has increased.
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