1990年代中国话剧的反思与批判

A Critical Review of Chinese Drama in the 1990s

1990年代话剧精品虽少,但作为现代性的话剧蕴含着一定的人学价值,1990年代商业戏剧、实验戏剧活跃,小剧场戏剧成为演出中坚力量等特征也对21世纪的话剧创作与演出产生深远的影响。但这一时期话剧呈现出精神萎缩、舞台平庸的特征,这突出表现在"人"的失落与话剧失魂这两个方面。只有坚守批判性、真实性与文学性,中国话剧才能真正实现现代化。总结1990年代的话剧特征,分析得失,汲取教训,对繁荣中国当下的话剧创作有着一定的启示作用。

Though not many masterpieces of Chinese drama were produced in the 1990s, drama of that period, as a demonstration of modernity, contains a certain value to humanity. Chinese drama in the 21^st Century has been profoundly influenced by the features of drama in the 1990s, such as the prosperity of commercial theater and experimental theater, and the popularity of little theatre. But this period of drama was also marked with the atrophy of spirit and the simplicity of stage, which was demonstrated by the loss of ＂man＂ and the deprivation of the soul of drama. The modernization of Chinese drama should result only from critical thinking, authenticity and literariness. A critical review of Chinese drama in the 1990s will inspire new contemporary productions.