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曹禺原野原型分析及文化意蕴 　　Champaign，one of the masterpieces of Cao Yu，has been reevaluated from every aspect in recent years.The present thesis is devoted to discuss the play from the aspect of Prototype Criticism theory. 　　Northrop Frye，a Canadian scholar，is the first person who applies the prototype theory to literary study.In his masterpiece The Anatomy of Criticism (1957)，he points out that “an archetype is a recurring image in literature”.Later he says with more precise：“I take archetype as any unit of literary meaning，it can be a character，a narrative formula，an image，or a kind of idea drawn from a larger extent of similar descriptions.” Prototype Criticism employs the research findings in anthropology，culturology and psychology and requires that all the literary factors，such as genre，subject，theme and structure should be examined within the cultural integrity.It puts special emphasis on the relationship between literary creation and literary tradition to dig out and interpret the deep implication behind the text.In Cao Yu’s Champaign，the revenge of Qiu Hu，the runaway of Qiu Hu and Hua Jinzi and the relationship between Hua Jinzi and her mother-in-law Mother Jiao have plenty of archetypes in traditional Chinese literature and even in foreign literature. 　　 　　1.Revenge Prototype 　　Revenge is the embodiment of natural human law characterized by hypernormal and extremity.It is a special historical and cultural phenomenon existing all over the world and has eternal manifestation in both domestic and foreign plays such as A Chinese Orphan，revolt of the fishing folks and Medea and Hamlet，etc. 　　Champaign is a tragedy of peasant Qiu Hu revenging the local tyrant Hades Jiao.Hades Jiao contrives to kill Qiu’s father，seizure their property，sell Qiu’s 15-year-old younger sister to brothel，break Qiu’s leg and put him into prison by false charging him as a brigand.After suffering the wrong for eight years，Qiu escapes from the prison only to find that his enemy has died.Theref