On the unique style of Cao Yu's plays

1. Contradictions and conflicts are the core of Cao Yu's drama structure.

The structural setting of Cao Yu's early plays revolves around contradictions and conflicts, which is changeable and suitable for drama. Under the changeable drama conflict, Cao Yu's early plays have the same spiritual essence, that is, praising the primitive wildness.

2. Cao Yu's dramatic language is very distinctive.

So that when dealing with conflicts in the play, he can go deep into the inner world of the people in the play, or show the spiritual confrontation between the characters, or depict the inner self-engagement of the people in the play. The superficial disputes and external conflicts all contain the inner struggles of the characters in the play. All external conflicts, arguments and daily life scenes are designed to brew, stimulate and express internal conflicts.

Impact:

Cao Yu's works are not only published and staged in China, but also welcomed by readers and audiences. Some plays have been translated into Japanese, Russian, English and other languages for publication, staged in many countries, well received by foreign readers and audiences, and have had a far-reaching impact at home and abroad.

Cao Yu's classic plays, such as Thunderstorm, Sunrise, Yuan Ye, Beijingers and Home, have laid the foundation for the theater art of modern drama in China, and have taken root among China audiences, making modern drama in China mature. Cao Yu is not only the real founder of modern drama, but also a peak of modern drama art.