试论中国古代戏剧的独特品格

西方文艺理论家对戏剧界定为 :戏剧文学兼及主客观性 ,因此剧作家的主观感情不能过度介入 ;戏剧文学为正在完成式时态 ,又要求剧作家对情节人物等不能过分操纵。而中国古代戏剧即南戏、杂剧、传奇的创作实践与这种理论相悖。本文指出了中国古代戏剧的结构、情境、情节 ,人物的语言、行动均与西方所谓的戏剧的特质逆向反动 ,明显表现出违反戏剧性质的反戏剧倾向 ,但中国古代戏剧却在形而上的层面上实现了戏剧的功能

The Anti-Drama Tendency of the Chinese Ancient Drama

Drama is defined as a literature of both subjectivity and objectivity by the western literary theoretician.Accordingly,the dramatist's feelings cannot be involved too deeply in the drama. The drama is also in the present continuous tense, so it requires that the dramatist not control the plot and characters too much. On the contrary,the writing of the Chinese ancient drama,including Nang opera,Zaju,and Chuanqi fails to conform to this theory.The structure, background,plot,character,language,and action of the Chinese drama are all contrary to the socalled specialty of the drama of the western countries.The Chinese cacient drama shows evidently the anti|drama tendency,but it obtains its drama functions at the metaphysical level.