论李健吾话剧创作的心路历程

Intention Course of Li Jianwu's Dramatic Creation

在中国现代话剧史上,李健吾是一个特异的存在。他那些描写人性、有意与现实政治疏离的剧作,在注重功利性的20世纪中国剧坛上显得那么不合群,因而一直被冷落一旁。只有到新时期才有一些零星的文章（最近还有一些较有深度的文章）开始论述到他。但这种研究现状与李健吾剧作的艺术价值、他对中国话剧的贡献及他在中国现代话剧史上的地位相比远远不够。本文不想从宏观上去评述李健吾的戏剧创作,只是探讨是什么原因促使李健吾创作出那样的剧作。

In the Chinese modern drama history, Li Jianwu is a distinctive being. Depicting human nature with a deliberate estrangement from actual politics, his works seem so disaccordant with the utilitarian drama circles of the 20th century that he ws left out in the cold all the time. It was only in the new period that a few articles, some with remarkable depth, began to treat of him. This cannot be compared with the artistic value of his works, his contribution to Chinese and his place in the Chinese history of modern drama. But the gist of the present article is to enter into an exploratory discussion of the cause of his creation.