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Two plays, Thunderstorm by Cao Yu (1934) and Rhinoceros in Love by Liao Yimei (1999), are of key significant importance for the popular literary genre of “colloquial drama” in China. The article reveals the main stages of the transformation of this trend in Chinese drama, the peculiarities of its motifs, plots, as well as the structural design of individual works. The author analyzes the poetic and metaphorical structure of Liao Yimei’s play Rhinoceros in Love, notes the special role of the remark as the main guide to the world of “colloquial drama”.
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