杨孝明教授1977年毕业于西安外国语大学,获学士学位,留校任教。1984年赴英国学习,并于1985年和1991年先后获得英语诺丁汉大学语言学硕士和美国俄亥俄州鲍陵格林州立大学英语博士学位,现为美国新泽西海洋学院终身教授,美国"现代语言协会"和"全美英语教师联合会"永久会员。杨孝明教授在学术研究方面也很有成绩,迄今已出版中、英文学术专著4部,译著1部,其英文专著The Rhetoric of Propaganda 和Error of Creativity在英国牛津大学、剑桥大学、哈佛大学、耶鲁大学等大学图书馆均有收藏。
目錄:
Chapter I Introduction
Chapter II The Prototype of the drama
2.1. The story of Princess Wencheng
2. 2. Reforms following the marriage
2.3. Interracial marriage: a historical debate
2.4 Case Study of the Lives of Chinese princesses
Chapter III Theatrical Performance
3.1 The Tibetan opera
3. 2 Critiques of the drama
3. 2.1 The division of roles
3. 2.2 Hybridity: fusion versus combination
3. 2.3 Characterization
3. 2.4 Theatrical conflicts
3.3 Theatrical performance of the traditional Tibetan and other regional operas
3. 3.1 The traditional Tibetan version
3.3.2 A later version of the Tibetan opera
3.3.3 Ballet version
3.3.4 Sichuan opera
The script of the drama
Endnotes
Appendix I: The ABC of Beijing opera
Appendix II: The ABC of Tibetan opera
Works consulted and cited
About the author
Acknowledgement