中国古代小说与戏曲人物形象之比较研究

Comparative Study of Characters in Chinese Ancient Novels and Dramas

中国古代小说和戏曲中的人物形象都经过了从无到有,从简单到复杂,从类型化到典型化、复杂化的发展过程。小说与戏曲刻画人物的方法有区别,所以,戏曲人物既富有立体感,又有类型化的特点,而小说人物则更加丰富多彩。小说改编为戏曲,其人物形象很难达到原先的境界。由于审美接受的差异,看戏与读小说,两者审美趣味迥然有别,所以,读小说者多,看戏曲者少。

The character images in Chinese ancient novels and dramas has experienced the developing process that starts from nonexistence to existence, from simplicity to complexity, from the characteristics of type to the typification. There is some difference in portraying the characters in novels and dramas, in which drama characters are characterized by third dimension and typification, while novel characters are rich and colorful. It is difficult for the characters to reach the original situation when novels are adapt into dramas. In virtue of different taste and appreciation in reading dramas and novels, there exists obvious difference in aesthetic interest, and therefore, novels attract more readers than dramas.