T D 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter Posted Reading: Northern Qi, Sarugaku, Zeami Motokiyo
11 Nov 2016
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Early chinese & japanese drama, theatre & performance. Early chinese drama: dancers, jesters, entertainers & storytelling in which the performer took on some roles: northern qi (6th century) Integration of song, dance & acro w/ enactments of actual events (cid:862)the big fa(cid:272)e(cid:863) Prince wore terrifying battle mask to scare enemies. Origi(cid:374) of ela(cid:271)orate fa(cid:272)e pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:862)dra(cid:373)a (cid:272)apital of the (cid:449)orld(cid:863: the lay. Gives pictures of sacred & secular performances from tang period. Represents 1st extended vernacular narratives in china: yuan dramas. Popular variety plays w/ song, dance, monologues & farce 4 acts. Male & females performed roles of any gender. Part of temple/court rituals & in large theaters. Many written by confucian scholars deprived of positions by mongol invaders: ming dramas. Girl dies of lo(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g for lo(cid:448)er she has(cid:374)"t (cid:373)et, he sees her pi(cid:272) & res(cid:272)ues her fro(cid:373) Japanese dramas underworld: no writing until invasion of korea when taught chinese writing heavy focus on oral story telling, 654: est.
