How to read Chinese drama in Chinese: a language companion

"This book is at once a guided introduction to Chinese drama and an innovative textbook. It is a companion volume to How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology, designed for Chinese-language learners. This volume contains excerpts from seven of the most iconic plays within the Chinese theatr...

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Main Author: Guo, Yingde, 1954- (Author)
Other Authors: Chang, Wenbo (PhD) (Editor), Sieber, Patricia Angela (Editor), Zhang, Xiaohui (PhD) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2023]
Series:How to read Chinese literature (Series)
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"This book is at once a guided introduction to Chinese drama and an innovative textbook. It is a companion volume to How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology, designed for Chinese-language learners. This volume contains excerpts from seven of the most iconic plays within the Chinese theatrical tradition, all of which are also covered in How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology for the reader who wants more context, reception history, and interpretation. The current volume feature a brief introduction to each play (with each highlighting a different aspect of the theater tradition); the excerpt in traditional characters; a modern Chinese translation in simplified characters; tone-marked pinyin romanization in order to facilitate reading aloud, recitation, or performance; rhyming information for all the arias; and exercises and activities"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 203 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780231558006
0231558007

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