What are the concepts and types of China's plays?

Drama) [drama; Play used to refer to traditional operas in China, and later it was used as a general term for traditional operas, dramas, operas and ballet in China.

Drama refers to the general name of stage performance art that achieves narrative purpose in the form of language, action, dance, music and puppet. The concept of drama in literature refers to the script created for drama performance, that is, the script. There are various forms of theatrical performances, including drama, opera, ballet, musical, puppet show and so on.

Specific meaning

A comprehensive art has two meanings: in a narrow sense, it refers to a stage performance form that started with ancient Greek tragedies and comedies, first developed in European countries, and then became popular all over the world. Drama in English and drama in China. Broadly speaking, it also includes the traditional stage performances of some countries and nationalities in the East, such as China's operas, Japanese kabuki, Indian classical dramas, and Korean singing operas.

Drama type

Drama literature can be divided into long plays, one-act plays and sketches according to capacity;

According to the forms of expression, it can be divided into drama, opera, ballet, opera and so on.

According to the theme, it can be divided into drama, historical drama, legendary drama, civic drama, social drama, family drama and so on.

According to the nature and effect of drama conflict, it can be divided into tragedy, comedy and drama.

But the most basic and commonly used categories are tragedy, comedy and drama, in which tragedy appeared earlier than comedy, and drama is also called tragicomedy.

Tragedy: the essence of conflict: "the inevitable requirement of history and the fact that this requirement cannot be realized" The aesthetic value of tragedy: "Destroy the valuable things in life for people to see".

Comedy: Aesthetic Value: "Tear the worthless to others".

Drama: a profound way to integrate tragedy and comedy into a new whole.

Two participants in drama communication: audience and actor.

The audience and the actors must be present at the same time.

Dramatic events take place in a specific time and space.

The theme of drama communication is about events in the fictional world, in which actors play roles.

Actors and spectators share a set of "rules of the game" (that is, symbol codes in semiotics).

Drama events are aesthetic events, and participants not only care about the information in the story world, but also care about the form of transmitting information.