Tragedy and melodrama in early ch'uan-ch'i plays

This paper is intended first as a tribute to my teacher, and second as a small contribution to the perennial discussion of the place or extent of the tragic in Chinese literature. I shall plead limited space as excuse for refraining from philosophical discussion, definition, or comparison with Classical Greek or Shakespearean manifestations of the tragic. My suggestion will be simply that P'i-p'a chi 'Lute song' (hereafter 'Lute') may be added to Kuan Han-ch'ing's Ton O yuan and the 'Red chamber dream 'on that select list of Chinese works which in the conflicts they present and the resolutions they propose tend towards the tragic

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• Studies in Chinese Literary Genres

  C H Wang, Cyril Birch•Comparative Literature•1977

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• Studies in Chinese Literary Genres

  Cyril Birch•Studies in Chinese Literary Genres•1974

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