闻一多批评易卜生问题剧在中国发展的原因及功过

Wen Yi-duo's Criticism of Ibsen Problem Drama in China

1926年,闻一多发表《戏剧的歧途》,猛烈批评挪威戏剧家易卜生问题剧在中国的发展,提出很多具有创建性的观点,如反对一味灌输思想,强调艺术最高目的是要达到纯形境地,以极端唯美追求与艺术功利价值取向相对抗。易卜生和闻一多都是复杂的存在,前者中期的现实主义是在诗化中表现的,后期的象征主义则淡化了社会问题;闻一多则在后期转而强调文学的社会效能。他们的这些转变并非历史的宿命,实为时代和社会发展变化使然。

In 1926,Wen Yi-duo published his article The Wrong Way of Drama,which criticized the development of Ibsen problem drama in China,and put forward some viewpoints against blind indoctrination and for aesthetical form.Ibsen valued realism but Wen Yi-duo valued symbolism and downplayed social issues.However,Wen Yi-duo emphasized the social effect in his latter period.Their changes went with social environment.