This course introduces the history of theater development in Taiwan over more than 400 years. Explore the trajectories of theater activities in Taiwan; conversely, try to see "Taiwan" from these trajectories. The foundation of Taiwanese culture is an agricultural society built by pioneers who were mainly immigrants from Fujian and Guangdong. Drama activities mainly focus on religion, festival celebrations, and life rituals, with a strong folk flavor. As an island located on the edge of the Asian continent, Taiwan has been the turning point and stop-loss point of political struggles many times, and has experienced multiple regime changes, thus injecting many new artistic elements. The development of Taiwan's drama is closely linked to its historical destiny, which also shapes its artistic characteristics.

There are 16 weeks in this semester (including midterm exams and final exams): (With appropriate video descriptions, selected excerpts, and regular key reviews and discussions) This course will introduce the development process of Taiwanese drama into five stages according to the artistic connotation and characteristics and changes of the times, which are: 1. Taiwanese drama from the Dutch period to the early Qing Dynasty (1624-1795) 2. Taiwanese drama in the late Qing Dynasty (1796-1894) 3. Taiwanese drama during the Japanese occupation (1895-1944) 4. Postwar Taiwanese Drama (1945-1979) 5. Taiwanese drama since the 1980s (1980-2013) In the diachronic observation of drama, the main body of opera types is placed (including Nanguan system operas (Nanguan opera, Gaojia opera); Chaozhou opera; Beiguan system operas (Beiguan opera, Siping opera); Gezi opera; Hakka opera; puppet show (shadow play, palm play, puppet show); small plays (bamboo horse show, cart and drum show, tea picking show), etc. As well as drama and non-drama (opera, dance drama, musical and other forms of drama) of modern drama, theater art subjects and works The main body of literature also introduces the discovery, construction and application of Taiwanese drama literature. And through "field operation practice": leading students to understand drama types from the environment, confirming the development of Taiwan's drama history.

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1. 呂錘寬，《南管音樂》，臺中：晨星，2011。 2. 呂錘寬，《北管音樂概論》，彰化：彰化縣文化局，2000。 3. 呂理政，《布袋戲筆記》，臺北：臺灣風物雜誌社，1991。 4. 林鶴宜，《東方即興劇場：歌仔戲「做活戲」》（上編 歌仔戲即興戲劇研究、下編 歌仔戲即興戲劇研究的資料類型和運用），台北：臺灣大學出版中心，2016.12。 5. 邱坤良，《飄浪舞臺：台灣大眾劇場年代》，臺北：遠流，2008。 6. 石婉舜，《搬演「臺灣」：日治時期臺灣的劇場、現代化與主體型構（1895-1945）》，臺北：國立臺北藝術大學戲劇研究所博士論文，2010。 7. 徐亞湘，〈戰後初期中國劇作在臺演出實踐探析〉《戲劇研究》第12期，臺北:國立臺灣大學戲劇學系，2013.07，121-164。 8.王安祈，《台灣京劇五十年》，宜蘭：傳統藝術中心，2002。 9. 馬森，《西潮下的中國現代戲劇》，臺北：書林，1994。 10. 鍾明德，《台灣小劇場運動史（1980-89）：尋找另類的美學與政治》，臺北：揚智，1999。