孟姜女戏曲是以孟姜女故事为题材的戏曲,在金代就已出现,元陶宗仪《辍耕录》卷二十五记载的金代《孟姜女院本》是目前最早的典籍记载。朝代的更替使孟姜女戏曲的内容更加丰富,也更具特色,但无论如何演变流传,其送寒衣、乌鸦指路、滴血认夫、哭城和金童玉女等经典意象始终留存,所构成的故事情节随荒诞无稽,却是孟姜女戏曲不可或缺的部分。对其经典意象进行原型分析,剖析民众的集体审美意识,以期为孟姜女戏曲的解读提供一个新的维度。
Meng Jiangnu opera is a drama depicting the Meng Jiangnu story, appeared in the Jin Dynasty. The" Meng Jiangnu"recorded in volume twenty-five of yuan Tao Zongyi"chuogenglu" is the earliest records. The replacement of dynasties makes Meng Jiangnu opera content richer and more distinctive. In any case the evolution of the spread, the classic images are always retained to composite the plot, somewhat absurd, but it is an integral part of Meng Jiangnu opera. This paper makes archetypal analysis of its classical images, the collective aesthetic consciousness of the masses, in order to provide anewdimension fortheinterpretation ofMengJiangnu'sOpera