传统与现代的交融——老舍的《茶馆》与布莱希特戏剧观

Blending of the Traditional and the Modern: On Lao She's Teahouse and Brecht's Concept of Drama

老舍在《茶馆》里进行的"新尝试",与布莱希特的戏剧观有着很多近似的地方,当然也有明显的不同。《茶馆》具有布莱希特"史诗剧"的叙事特点,但又融入斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基的演剧方法;具有布莱希特"陌生化效果",但更多的是继承中国传统戏曲的"舞台假定性";将布莱希特的理性思考运用于剧中,并追求典型化与类型化的融合,从而创造了传统与现代相交融的中国话剧精品。

Through re - reading The Teahouse , a few new insights into it are discovered ： Lao She＇ s ＂new at- tempt＂ in his Teahouseis in many ways similar to Brecht＇ s concept of theater though it is of course quite differ- ent from the latter. The Teahouse bears the narrative features of Brecht＇ s ＂epic drama＂, but, integrated into it, are Stanislavsky~ performance methods on the other hand; it is provided with Brecht＇ s ＂defamiliarization effect＂, but with more ＂Stage assumption＂ of traditional Chinese operas. That is, it puts Brech＇st rational thinking into the play and go after an integration of typification with categorization, thus creating a unique bou- tique of Chinese drama with a blending of the traditional and the modem..