Last year, six courses of the Shanghai Theatre Academy were recognized as among the first batch of national first-class undergraduate courses by the Ministry of Education. Among them, an online course has now been launched on the "xuexi.cn" platform.
Led by Professor Ye Changhai of the Shanghai Theatre Academy and with the joint efforts of experts and scholars from all over the country, "Appreciation of Chinese Operas", a MOOC course for universities, has recently been launched on the “xuexi.cn” platform of ". As soon as the course went online, it has attracted a great number of internet users to click and watch it, and has received very high praise from them.
A brief introduction to the “Appreciation of Chinese Operas” course:
There are more than 300 kinds of Chinese operas all over the country. According to the spirit of "Opinions on the Implementation of Traditional Chinese Opera Entering School Campus" jointly issued by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Education in 2017, the course "Appreciation of Chinese Operas" selects representative operas for explanation and appreciation, so as to promote the introduction of traditional Chinese opera into classroom teaching and make contributions to the spread and popularization of Chinese opera knowledge and the promotion of traditional Chinese culture.
The content of the course mainly includes three aspects:
- Introduction of the history of the formation and evolution of the selected operas;
- Elaboration on the main artistic features of the selected operas;
- Analysis of the status quo and development trend of the selected operas.
At the same time, it puts forward three learning objectives for students:
-To understand the knowledge of traditional Chinese opera and improve the level of artistic appreciation of traditional Chinese opera;
-To recognize the classics of traditional Chinese opera and enhance cultural confidence;
-To cultivate opera lovers and contribute to the spread of Chinese opera classics.
List of chapters of the “Appreciation of Chinese Operas” course:
Chapter Number | Topic | Teacher |
Chapter One | Overview of Chinese opera and Kunqu Opera Appreciation | Ye Changhai Director, Institute of Advanced Studies on Chinese Theatre, Shanghai Theatre Academy |
Chapter Two | Appreciation of Qin Opera | He Sang Vice President, Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Arts |
Chapter Three | Appreciation of Sichuan Opera | Du Jianhua Research Fellow, Sichuan Provincial Academy of Arts |
Chapter Four | Appreciation of Cantonese Opera | Wang Kui Director, Institute of Traditional Chinese Opera, Chinese National Academy of Arts |
Chapter Five | Appreciation of Hunan Opera | Yan Shiyi President, Hunan Provincial Academy of Arts |
Chapter Six | Appreciation of Henan Opera | Zhang Daxin Professor, College of Arts, Henan University |
Chapter Seven | Appreciation of Peking Opera | Xie Yongjun Research Fellow, Institute of Chinese Opera, Chinese National Academy of Arts |
Chapter Eight | Appreciation of Yue Opera | Cao Lingyan Vice President, Shanghai Institute of Arts |
Chapter Nine | Appreciation of Pingju Opera | Xie Dong Research Fellow, Tianjing Municipal Academy of Arts |
Chapter Ten | Appreciation of Huangmei Opera | Fang Xiqiu Professor, Anqing Normal University |
Chapter Eleven | Appreciation of Chinese Operas of Ethnic Minorities | He Lin Professor, Minzu University of China |
Chapter Twelve | Appreciation of Fujian and Taiwan Opera | Wu Hui Ying Vice President, Xiamen Municipal Academy of Taiwanese Arts |
Chapter Thirteen | Appreciation of Local Operas of Tanhuangqiang System | Zhu Hengfu Professor, Shanghai Normal University |
