Author(s)

Lu Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Corresponding Author

Lu Wang

ABSTRACT

This article aims to deeply explore the complex picture of inheritance and innovation presented by the collision and integration of opera art and contemporary literature from the perspective of intangible cultural heritage. The research goes beyond the superficial theory of subject matter transplantation and focuses on the core issue of how the aesthetic genes of traditional Chinese opera are internalized by contemporary literature and stimulate formal changes. The thesis first analyzes how the patterns, images and motifs of traditional Chinese opera are transformed into narrative strategies, poetic Spaces and speculative resources of literature, achieving the creative transformation of aesthetic genes. Furthermore, it discusses the modern narrative experiments and formal subversion of the traditional opera carried out by contemporary literature through reconstructing time and space, deconstructing roles and blending language styles. Finally, this paper critically reflects on the internal tensions between authenticity and disruption, elitism and popularization in the innovation process, and prospectively proposes that in the future, the paradigm elevation should move from "element borrowing" to "spiritual integration". This study holds that truly successful inheritance does not lie in replicating forms, but rather in completing a deep dialogue and integration regeneration with modern consciousness on the basis of a profound understanding of the aesthetic spirit of traditional Chinese opera, thereby providing important theoretical references and practical paths for the dynamic inheritance of intangible cultural heritage.

KEYWORDS

Intangible Cultural Heritage Opera Art; Contemporary Literature Inheritance and Innovation Aesthetic Genes; Paradigm Elevation Intertextuality

CITE THIS PAPER

Lu Wang, The Inheritance and Innovation of Intangible Cultural Heritage Opera Art in Contemporary Literature. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2025) Vol. 8: 81-88. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2025.080413.

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