元剧“赌咒发誓”文化现象及其作用

Analysis of the Cultural Phenomena of "Vows" in Yuan Drama

赌咒发誓在戏曲中是普遍存在的一种现象,有三种表现形式:口头发誓;举行相应的仪式;文本盟誓。其渊源可追溯至先秦的盟誓制度,赌咒发誓对于戏曲情节的推动、戏曲人物性格的塑造有极大的作用。

Vows were very common in the operas in Yuan Drama,but the researches on this cultural phenomenon had not yet extended to the opera in this field.The Vows usually appeared in three forms： oral vows,relative ceremony vows and textual vows.Vows paid great important roles in the plot development and characters building.