The Difference between Jinjiang Drama and Tragedy

Drama can be divided into tragedy, comedy and drama according to the nature of its content.

In ancient Greek drama and French classical drama, there are only two types: tragedy and comedy, which cannot be confused; In the18th century, during the French Enlightenment, drama appeared, which was then called "serious comedy" or "tragicomedy". There are tragedies, comedies and dramas in China's ancient operas. In modern drama, the boundary between tragedy and comedy is not so strict, and the most is drama.

The so-called drama is a drama that can reflect the complex changes of thoughts and feelings such as sadness and joy.

Tragic comedy is neither attached to comedy nor tragedy. It is no longer the primary stage of "comedy-oriented, mixed with tragic factors and techniques" or "tragedy-oriented, mixed with comic factors and techniques". Tragedy and comedy themselves have developed into an independent aesthetic category alongside drama, tragedy and comedy, with their own unique aesthetic qualities different from tragedy or comedy.

Tragicomedy is characterized by the intersection of sadness and joy, the interdependence of laughter and crying, the surge of joy and sadness, and the condensation of sadness and joy, such as salt into water, everywhere. Among Chaplin's few films, tragedy and comedy are shocking. The foreign films "Police and Thieves" and "Shadow Force" which have been shown in China are also excellent works. China's drama Teahouse has its moving and shining fragments, which are shocked in Autumn Leaves Fall Again and Peisi Chen's Thieves and Police. Tragedy and comedy make people smile with tears, and smile on their faces when they are sad.

The aesthetic feature of tragicomedy is the sublime crystallization of sadness and joy, and it is "deepening with sadness" and "surpassing with joy". It is a unique aesthetic pursuit, neither sad nor happy, but sad and happy, dependent on each other and unique.