Plays:"Deformation" & "The Tale of Killing a Dog"

• Main Authors: Chieh-Nung Chu, 朱挈儂
• Other Authors: 王安祈
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90581459443283071844

碩士 === 臺灣大學 === 戲劇學研究所 === 98 === Abstract The thesis contains two parts－two Chinese Opera plays and the analysis. Deformation is a work of creative writing. "The Tale of Killing a Dog" was adapted from the traditional Chinese Opera play The Tale of Killing a Dog. Deformation, inspired by "The Outburst of a Shrew" in the Ming Dynasty, interprets intrapersonal relationships among characters, and also reflects upon bonds of the modern human society. The Tale of Killing a Dog, from one of the major Southern traditional operas during Sung and Yuan dynasties, talks about sibling rivalry. The malefactors make mischief between Sun Hua and Sun Rong. In order to solve their conflict, Sun Rong''s wife, Yang Yue-Zhen, persuades her husband by killing a dog. I insert two new characters into this story: the Yama and the clerk. Through their perspective, the story shifts its focus to the darkness of human desire. The part of analysis would compare the originals with the adapted ones, elaborating inheritance and transformation among texts. Through reviewing the whole process of composing dramas, it would also explain motivations for this literary creation.