历史剧题材的审美特性

Aesthetic Characteristic of Historical Play Theme

历史剧的题材具有一定的特殊性,戏剧性是它的主要审美特点。这首先表现在时代矛盾的聚焦性,戏剧性的历史时代、转折的历史时期其特点是矛盾的多重性与聚焦性,往往是国家民族或群体于内忧外患之中,这一共性特点是历史剧作家在题材选择时不谋而合的艺术追求;其次是事件冲突的激变性,即历史事件能够构成对历史人物的严峻考验,并能引起人物关系的迅速变化。历史剧的题材是历史性与当代性的统一,而且还具有非世俗性的特点。但是,为使历史剧适于观众的欣赏水平,历史剧的题材还必须具有通俗性,因而,它是非世俗性与通俗性的统一。

The historical play theme has special characteristic-dramatic. This lies in dramatic era, dramatic turn, so it becomes writers' choice. The sharp change makes history figure have stood a severe test and changes in the relation between figures. It is informal and not worldly. But, for enjoying the level of the audience, historical play must still have the popular in the theme.