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The motion picture that showed 1985 " sunrise " , it is according to Cao the homonymic modern drama of Yu is adapted, also be his afterwards " thunderstorm " the 2nd drama later is made. Writer cling to gold says " sunrise " be: "The best results in motion of Chinese new literature " . Phylum teachs college of Beijing of British scholar, swallow on the west Dick also evaluates Harold Xie: "" sunrise " it is the contemporary China that sees in him Thespian in a the strongest. " Cao Yu, original name 10 thousand treasure, ancestral home Hubei goes river, be born at Tianjin small Bai Lou a feudal and bureaucratic family, before long because of be born the mother gets puerperal fever misfortune to die, the childhood because of this Cao Yu although materially is rich, but special anguish is however on spirit. Cao Yu opens a middle school south 12 revenue Tianjin, join Na Kaixin theatrical company, drama of show China and foreign countries is made. 23 years old draw up of Jing world make " thunderstorm " . So, is if where,he weak point after a few years to draw up again stun the world " sunrise " ?
The film " sunrise " placard
Be a variety of society miserable situation, make Cao Yu was produced should write " sunrise " idea. But, idea puts in idea 's charge, after all the real life of the hooters inside bagnio is what kind of after all, cao Yu unknown. Then he produced an opinion, want the place that collects to Tianjin bagnio personally, go observing the experience leaves their life. This day night, what Cao Yu will to Tianjin bagnio gather is slummy, should receive that light dim in narrow alley, immediately, a pungent breath attacks head on. In dim light set off one another below, beggar, sell a newspaper, of beans selling sugar, all sorts of noisy sound as one falls. The big entrance of bagnio is sticking elementary and low couplet mostly, there also are 3 two hooters at the door over make eyes ground takes a settle or live in a strange place. For the need of creation, cao Yu wants to be interviewed to bagnio not only, even to beggar people learn rhythmic storytelling to clapper accompaniment. Good search the beggar that feels two suck drugs not easily to be willing to teach him, because be to agree beforehand, and gave gratuity. Then, in the third nine-day period after the winter solstice-coldest days of winter with biting cold wind, one still is in in night of Cao Yu most desolate slummy wait hard, but do not know how, two beggar did not appear all the time however. What to produce after all?
Cao Yu
Sit to the front of desk when Cao Yu, go to what bagnio interviews movies of a variety of field picture discharge are same go out in the come down in torrents in his head, those have the old bosses of money, indulge in dissipation of spend money like water, like fly go at those social butterflies, walk the street to make the general appearance of this unbalanced semi-colony society euqally as plague, the person that those lives are stripped by affront in ground floor struggles hard in dark old China. Be in a variety of before filthy thing, cao Yu can'ts help giving out n wailful: I am yearning for sunshine of a gleam of. Cao Yu experiences him life hind in bagnio, the have one's bosom filled with in accumulating Yu Zaixin is depressed and discontented pour into was in " sunrise " in writing, this creation, he wants to distinguish at " thunderstorm " , should be " sunrise " creation smell a new way. Be in Cao Yu for " sunrise " the structure racked the brains and discursive when, suddenly a word comes out in the flash in his cerebra, the inspiration that lets him is like a spring to emerge. Be a what kind of word can produce so great magic power after all?
Cao Yu is created
Chen Bai is shown, it is afterwards after numerous ripples, cao Yu contribution gives the 2nd of new literature excellent model figure, she is to belong to him Cao Yu the character in gallery. Cao Yu not only the injustice that discovers the world, he more the beauty that discovers human nature. Be in " sunrise " in, he is not the tragedy that writes old White Dew, emerald green happy event to degenerate, write them however how does the woman with such a few kind-hearted chasteness walk into tragic abyss, what he wants sharp attack is that regime. The longing that Chen Bai is shown and did not abandon pair of freedom, right cherish greenly, her conscience sense of justice has not die out, she sympathizes with by the oppressor, person that be damaged, ardently protects deliverance to cross dot. After all is old White Dew how a figure?
" sunrise " stage photo
" sunrise " Chen Bai shows stage photo
Cao Yu is to began to write in May 1936 " sunrise " , relatively at writing " thunderstorm " , his depressed and discontented feeling is stronger, darker. Ba Jinhe is stingy in order to knew his plan, urging he makes draft, resemble writing a chapter to answer body novel same, write one act to carry one act, take serial form. Write in those days " thunderstorm " Cao Yu is around brews 5 years, and write " sunrise " he resembles an urgent work however. In May start writing, will come in June September, begin to be in " article season monthly magazine " on serialize. " sunrise " after publishing, you Xiaoqian is chaired, tianjin " big bulletin. Literary " supplement invited all sorts of groups on the literary world are other at that time almost all everybody, had collective discussion, exceptionally grand occasion twice, for a play, whole review group is so rapid, such move troops about and stir up the people, in Chinese drama history and even China are contemporary on literary history, still be first time. Xie Shengtao says, " sunrise " collected rich data, the with gravity attitude that give, indite of sedulous classics camping ground. Although its subject matter is Thespian, and also be a poem actually. Cling to gold says, " sunrise " the tragedy that is not a destiny, this is the report that our reality lives. Professor of beautiful home town of swallow Beijing college thanks Dick to say, " sunrise " the contemporary China that sees in me is Thespian in it is a most strong. This drama is a sharp attack of pair of whole parasitism societies. However, be in " sunrise " after the play is published, in the bookshops came out to criticize an opinion acerbly however, somebody thinks of Cao Yu " sunrise " have borrowed American film " old hotel " shadow, return somebody to say Cao Yu, what you write is " sunrise " , but the sun did not rise. Face criticism, how is Cao Yu responded to?
" sunrise " scriptural
1937, cao Yu directs " sunrise " in Nanjing perform in public, field field capacity audience, answer subsequently viewer demand is added again performed two, audience still very eagerly. In May 1937, of Cao Yu " sunrise " still obtained Tianjin " big bulletin " awards literary prize. Afterwards " thunderstorm " and " sunrise " later, cao Yu still was created " open country " , " Peking Man " the work that waits for numerous and thorough popular feeling, but young the Cao Yu when is brilliant, terminal however composing is very few. After liberating, cao Yu has successively held the posts of Beijing people skill the duty such as secretary of department of clerk of association of writer of theater dean, China, the Cao Yu of old age is spent in anguish however. After all what is his anguish?
Cao Yu is senile
