本論文以明末清初文人袁于令與其代表作《西樓記》傳奇為研究中心。第一章以袁于令生平交遊開展，就其與戲曲相關創作，歸納其戲曲觀分為：至情動人、文貴奇幻、奉譜嚴整三大方面；第二章針對《西樓記》內容，就故事創作背景、主題意識、關目情節、人物形象等方面探討《西樓記》藝術價值，並論及馮夢龍《楚江情》對原著的改評；第三章述及明清以來《西樓記》的演出、藝人與舞台表演傳承，並賞析重要折子戲如〈樓會〉、〈拆書〉、〈玩箋〉、〈錯夢〉等齣；第四章則先談論近代《西樓記》於灘簧、越劇、粵劇與戲曲小劇場的改編演出，後選採與《西樓記》有關的傳奇、民歌小曲和小說文本，探查《西樓記》的流行情形，期以《西樓記》為例，一窺戲曲跨本文傳播接受的脈絡。 The paper talks about the intellectual ”Yuan Yuling” who was born in the early Qing Dinasty and his masterpiece ” The West House Story（Xi Lou Ji）”as the object of study. Chapter 1 is about the introduction of Yuan Yuling’s life, works and perspectives of Chinese opera; Chapter 2 analyzes the text of ”The West House Story” from the creating background, the theme, the plot and the characters in order to study its value of artwork. In addition, it discusses the adopted version ”Chu Jiang Qing” by ”Feng Meng Long”. Chapter 3 relates the appreciations of the spectacles on stage from Ming to Qing Dynasty such as the most important pieces ”Meeting at the West House”, ”Opening the Letter”, “Entertaining the Memo” and “Dream Misled”. Chapter 4 is about the adopted performances in modern times and then takes Chuan Chi, folk songs and novels to study its popularity.
