A Study of Female''s Role at Sword''s Pavilion in Pili Puppet drama--Analysis from a Feminist Perspective

• Main Authors: Yu-ting Chou, 周宥廷
• Other Authors: Chien-hui Kuo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06987200338218337352

碩士 === 南華大學 === 建築與景觀學系環境藝術碩士班 === 100 === 　　About "female calamity ", "female scourge" and "female disaster " in Pili Puppet drama, as long as they were handled properly by the male roles in Pili Puppet drama, for example, the male roles acted heroically to rescue the female roles, the male image got great applause. On the contrary, if the male roles got hurt or dead due to "female calamity ", "female scourge" and "female disaster ", the audience blamed the female roles. Thus, it was unfair to the female roles who sacrificed themselves for many heroes’ deeds. No one pondered on the great meaning that “the females created heroes”! 　 　　In this thesis, the uniqueness of Sword''s Pavilion was analyzed through the text; meanwhile, the female roles were further analyzed. This thesis was divided into five chapters: Chapter I: Introduction, including motivation, research purpose, and research methods; Chapter II: The history of Pili Puppet Drama was outlined; the female images in Pili Puppet Drama were documentary analyzed, including the types of female roles, function and an overview to introduc the beauties died early or heroines classified by periods. The third chapter described the female world at sword''s pavilion. It introduced not only the organization and the characters at Sword''s Pavilion but also indicated the uniqueness of Sword''s Pavilion---the members in the organization were females only; they married only the sword experts; and they owned the holy sword time wheels(神劍歲月輪) which could cut off the pillars of the holy land. The fourth Chapter discussed the values that sword''s pavilion expressed. By the points of feminist, it analyzed the values of female power that expressed from Sword''s Pavilion. Through the topics "Body", "Home" and "Self awareness" from the scripts, the reflection brought to the audience from the female roles were discuessed. In the fifth chapter, it reviewed the results of the discussion above, showed opinins gained from the research, and indicated the futher research that could be expected in the future.