1, Cao Yu (19 10 September 24th-19961February 13), formerly known as Xiao, posthumous title Tianjia, Han nationality, originally from Qianjiang, Hubei. China is an outstanding playwright of modern drama. His father used to be the secretary of President Lee. Later, he stayed at home and was depressed.
2. Cao Yu lost his mother in childhood, grew up in a depressed atmosphere, and his personality was depressed and introverted. 1922, studied in Nankai Middle School, participated in Nankai New Troupe, and was the president of Beijing People's Art Theatre. The source of Cao Yu's pen name is because his original surname is Wan (Wan), so the word Wan is divided into Cao Yu from top to bottom, and because Cao doesn't look like a surname, he takes the homonym Cao and combines the two to get Cao Yu.
3. Cao Yu is the most accomplished playwright in the history of modern drama in China. Cao Yu walked around various theaters with his stepmother since childhood, so he planted the seeds of drama from his care. Representative works include Thunderstorm, Sunrise, Yuan Ye and Beijingers. 1996 12 13. Cao Yu died in Beijing Hospital at the age of 86 due to a long illness.
The writing background of Thunderstorm is as follows:
1. The writing background of Thunderstorm is: Cao Yu wrote the drama Thunderstorm from 1930 to 1933, which is his debut, as well as his masterpiece. At that time, China was in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal social form, social contradictions intensified and people lived in dire straits.
2. Through Thunderstorm, Cao Yu showed the life and conflicts of all social strata in China, and profoundly revealed the relationship between family and society, as well as the complexity and multifaceted nature of human nature. The process of Cao Yu's creation of Thunderstorm was not smooth sailing. At the beginning of his creation, he revised and overturned his script many times until he finally finished this classic.
3. In the play, Cao Yu, represented by Zhou Puyuan and Fan Yi, shows the depravity and cruelty of the feudal family, as well as the contradictions and struggles within the family. At the same time, he explored the moral, ethical and emotional issues in human nature through the roles of Zhou Ping and Lu Shiping. Cao Yu's Thunderstorm was written in the mature stage of China's plays, and his plays were deeply influenced by western modernism.
4. Concise language and profound images have injected new vitality into the development of China's plays. After Thunderstorm, Cao Yu successively created Sunrise, Yuan Ye and Peking Man. The writing background of Thunderstorm is the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in China. By showing the contradictions and struggles within the family, the darkness of society and the complexity of human nature are profoundly revealed.