杨孝明教授1977年毕业于西安外国语大学,获学士学位,留校认教。1984年赴英国学习,并于1985年和1991年先后获得英语诺丁汉大学语言学硕士和美国俄亥俄州鲍陵格林州立大学英语博士学位,现为美国新泽西海洋学院终身教授,美国"现代语言协会"和"全美英语教师联合会"永久会员。杨孝明教授在学术研究方面也很有成绩,迄今已出版中、英文学术专著4部,译著1部,其英文专著The Rhetoric of Propaganda 和Error of Creativity在英国牛津大学、剑桥大学、哈佛大学、耶鲁大学等大学图书馆均有收藏。
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Table of contents
Chapter I Introduction
1. Two sources of the legendary snake
2. A cultural interpretation of snake-female correlation
Chapter II Prototype of the story
1. Four phases of development in plot and the character of the White Snake
2. The development of other major characters
Chapter III Theatrical Performances of the Legend
1. Theatrical performances of Beijing and regional operas
Beijing opera
2. Critiques of the theatrical performances
3. Stage performances of the Beijing opera of the White Snake drama
4. The proliferation of the "Snake" drama overseas
Chapter IV Terms and historical anecdotes of the opera
Script of the Opera
Endnotes
Beijing Opera ABC
Works Consulted and Cited