论《西厢记》的曲词风格及其戏剧史地位的确立

On the Style of Tunes and Lyrics in the Romance of the West Chamber and the Establishment of Its Status in Drama History

《西厢记》在明代极受推崇,明人评价其曲词风格或为本色当行,或为妍丽艳冶。实际上《西厢记》兼备两种风格,呈现出辞采与本色二水合流的新态,这种多样的曲词风格对《西厢记》的地位在明代确立产生了重要影响。

The Romance of the Western Chamber was highly praised in the Ming Dynasty.The Ming people evaluated the style of its songs either for its being natural or for its beauty.In fact,The Story of the West Chamber has both the two styles,showing a new combination of rhetoric and original features.This diverse style of tunes and lyrics had an important effect on the establishment of the status of The Story of the West Chamber in the Ming dynasty.Scholars used to emphasize the research on its plot and figures,while hold different evaluations on its style of tunes and lyrics,rarely attentive to the connection between the diverse style of tunes and lyrics and its status in opera history.It was this style of tunes and lyrics that established its status in the Ming dynasty.