表演晚清中国——南社人戏剧改良背后的政治想象

Performing the Later Qing Dynasty China: Political Imagination Behind the South Society Drama Innovation

"革命"是如何具体地与人们的日常生活及意义世界发生关联、产生影响,"革命"又是依托了怎样的样式来进行表达的,而不同的媒介在代表/再现"革命"中又有着怎样不同的功能。这些问题对于研究"革命"的具体发生过程及政治文化背景无法回避。本文以清末南社人在戏剧改良方面的实践为例,讨论他们关于"表演"的复杂理解及其政治性,为观察清末政治文化提供一个微观视角。

How does ＂revolution＂ substantially relate with people＇ s daily life and affect their world of meanings？ What kind of forms does ＂revolution＂ rely on in its expression？ How different functions do different media have in presenting or representing revolution？ All these questions are unavoidable in the study of the generating process and political background of ＂revolution＂. This paper takes the practice of the drama inno- vation by the South Society members in the later Qing Dynasty as an example, discusses their complicated un- derstanding of ＂performance＂ with political meanings, and provides a micro observing angle of the political culture of the later Qing Dynasty.