How to Read Chinese Drama in Chinese

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Series: How to Read Chinese Literature

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How to Read Chinese Drama in Chinese serves as both a guided primer and an innovative textbook for Chinese-language learners keen to explore traditional Chinese plays in their original language. It features iconic scenes encompassing political intrigue, military adventure, heroic devotion, romantic passion, and raucous humour. Each excerpt is preceded by an English introduction and includes line-by-line modern Chinese translations with annotated vocabulary and exercises to deepen language skills and cultural understanding.
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This volume is ideal for advanced Chinese learners, native speakers, and specialists in Chinese literature or theatre. It suits classrooms focusing on advanced modern or classical Chinese and serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in deepening their engagement with Chinese drama and culture.

This book is at once a guided primer on Chinese drama and an innovative textbook. A companion to How to Read Chinese Drama designed for Chinese-language learners, it provides a versatile introduction to traditional Chinese plays for readers who want to experience Chinese drama in the original language.

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This book is at once a guided primer on Chinese drama and an innovative textbook. It is a companion volume to How to Read Chinese Drama, designed for Chinese-language learners.

How to Read Chinese Drama in Chinese provides a versatile introduction to iconic scenes from traditional Chinese plays for readers who want to experience Chinese drama in the original language. Each chapter features an excerpt from a well-known play, ranging across political intrigue, military adventure, heroic devotion, romantic passion, and raucous humour. A succinct and informative English-language introduction precedes each scene. Excerpts are accompanied by line-by-line modern Chinese translations; individual words and expressions are annotated in English with modern Chinese equivalent expressions supplied. Dramatic scenes are followed by exercises that deepen language proficiency and knowledge of traditional and modern Chinese culture.

This book can be used as a textbook in the advanced modern Chinese or the classical Chinese classroom, as a companion in a Chinese literature course for advanced learners and native speakers, or as a springboard to deeper engagement with Chinese theatre for specialists and interested general readers alike.

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Praised as a well-designed coursebook, it equips instructors and students to approach advanced Chinese through traditional drama, filling a rare gap in classical Chinese studies. Experts commend its extraordinary scholarship, versatility, and the way it illuminates the rich, multifaceted performance modes of Chinese theatre. The primer is noted for helping readers appreciate the beauty and musicality of classical Chinese drama.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780231209571

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 March 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Columbia University Press

Contributors:

Edited by Patricia Sieber
Edited by Wenbo Chang
Edited by Yingde Guo
Edited by Xiaohui Zhang

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Guo Yingde is professor of Chinese language and literature in the Institute of Chinese Language and Literature at Beijing Normal University.

Wenbo Chang is lecturer in Chinese language and literature in the Department of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies at the University of Georgia.

Patricia Sieber is associate professor of Chinese literature and director of the Translation and Interpreting program at Ohio State University as well as coeditor of How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology (2022).

Xiaohui Zhang (1985–2020) was a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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