How Long to Read How to Read Chinese Drama

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Read Chinese Drama?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 2 minutes to read How to Read Chinese Drama by Patricia Sieber

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book is a comprehensive and inviting introduction to the literary forms and cultural significance of Chinese drama as both text and performance. Each chapter offers an accessible overview and critical analysis of one or more plays—canonical as well as less frequently studied works—and their historical contexts. How to Read Chinese Drama highlights how each play sheds light on key aspects of the dramatic tradition, including genre conventions, staging practices, musical performance, audience participation, and political resonances, emphasizing interconnections among chapters. It brings together leading scholars spanning anthropology, art history, ethnomusicology, history, literature, and theater studies. How to Read Chinese Drama is straightforward, clear, and concise, written for undergraduate students and their instructors as well as a wider audience interested in world theater. For students of Chinese literature and language, the book provides questions to explore when reading, watching, and listening to plays, and it features bilingual excerpts. For teachers, an analytical table of contents, a theater-specific chronology of events, and lists of visual resources and translations provide pedagogical resources for exploring Chinese theater within broader cultural and comparative contexts. For theater practitioners, the volume offers deeply researched readings of important plays together with background on historical performance conventions, audience responses, and select modern adaptations.

How long is How to Read Chinese Drama?

How to Read Chinese Drama by Patricia Sieber is 481 pages long, and a total of 120,731 words.

This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Read Chinese Drama Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 59 minutes to read How to Read Chinese Drama aloud.

What Reading Level is How to Read Chinese Drama?

How to Read Chinese Drama is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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