ASIAN-215 Course Archive Posts

The Ending of the Western Bower By  Valerie Shor The ending of the Western Bower in the Yue version feels more real. The ending of the fourth act written in the original makes it seem as though Yingying and Zhang share a deep connection when he dreams of Yingying wishing to…

What Moral Values Reflected in the Yue Operas By Wenfei Jia Yue Opera is a popular theatrical form performed by female actresses and mainly for female audience. As a female and modern audience, I think there are two moral values reflected in the Yue Opera that are still valid and…

Supernatural and Human Love By Toni Soto In the Western literary tradition, there is almost no mention of a supernatural being marrying a human, while in the Chinese literary tradition, the match may be star-crossed, but marriage entirely possible. In the Western literary tradition, love between a supernatural being and a…

Value Reflected in Yue Opera By Meilian Wu I think there are two values that reflected through Yue Opera that are still valid and important in today’s society. The first is equality between gender, and the second is commonly acknowledged virtue system within a society.  One major trait of Yue…

Separation Between Humans and the Supernatural By Yvonne Tran I noticed that humans and the supernatural exist with the willingness to help one another in the Yue opera performances that we have seen, which is the opposite of how the supernatural and humans interact in Western stories. In the opera version…