"This book is at once a guided introduction to Chinese drama and an innovative textbook. It is a companion volume to How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology, designed for Chinese-language learners. This volume contains excerpts from seven of the most iconic plays within the Chinese theatrical tradition, all of which are also covered in How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology for the reader who wants more context, reception history, and interpretation. The current volume feature a brief introduction to each play (with each highlighting a different aspect of the theater tradition); the excerpt in traditional characters; a modern Chinese translation in simplified characters; tone-marked pinyin romanization in order to facilitate reading aloud, recitation, or performance; rhyming information for all the arias; and exercises and activities"-- Provided by publisher.
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