辨异与认同:跨文化对话中的中美戏剧交流

Recognizing Differences and Similarities: Sino-American Exchangesin Theatre in the Context of Cultural Dialogue

在跨文化对话中,艺术既是通途,也是歧路。阿瑟·米勒、康开丽和魏丽莎这三个在当代中美戏剧交流中分别扮演过不同角色的人在与中国戏剧文化对视的时候,或见“异”而忘“同”,或睹“同”而思“异”,或不分“异同”。由这些细节上的所见所思,反映的是交流者的文化态度与价值立场。

Art may be a bridge or a barrier in intercultural exchanges. Arthur Miller, Claire Conceison and Elizabeth Wichimann provide us with examples as such when they look at the Chinese theatre from their different cultural backgrounds. They either see the ＂differences＂ at the expense of ＂similarities＂, or think of ＂differences＂ in the face of ＂similarities＂, or never think of the question of difference and similarity. It depends on their varying cultural attitudes and value stances.