从《蝴蝶夫人》到《蝴蝶君》的“东方主义”解读

From Madame Butterfly to M.Butterfly: An Interpretation of Orientalism

普契尼的歌剧《蝴蝶夫人》是西方戏剧史上的世纪绝唱,代表了西方的"东方主义"思想。一个世纪以来,在这种思想帮助下,西方人将东方人在种族和性别上加以定型化,"蝴蝶夫人"成为东方女子的典型范本。作为美籍华人黄哲伦以一个真实的故事为素材创作了舞台剧《蝴蝶君》与带有东方主义的歌剧《蝴蝶夫人》并置,以迥异的解读手法和舞台表现形态解构西方人对东方女子滞定形象,颠覆了原有的东西权利关系,成为以西方中心主义相对立的他者之声,重塑了东方人的形象。

Pccini＇s Madame Butterfly, which was the peak of the century in western drama history, represented the thought of ＂orientalism＂ in the west. With the help of the mind, Westerners formed stereotypes in the sexist and racist of the Orient during the past century. Madame Butterfly became the typical model of oriental women. David henry Hwang, an American Chinese, composed M. Butterfly out of a true story to contrast to Madame Butterfly which represents orientalism. With the help of different interpreting methods and stage expressing patterns, he deeonstructed the stereotype of oriental women in Westerners＇ eyes, which subverted the original relationship of Western dominance and eastern submissiveness and became an ＇other＇ which was against the Westerm Centralism to manage to reshape the image of the Orient.