侗戏丑角及其文化内涵分析

Analysis on the Cultural Connotation of Clowns in the Dong Opera

侗戏丑角是一个独特的、值得关注的现象,其意义超出了戏剧本身。侗戏丑角主要有动作丑角和情节丑角两种类型,动作丑角跳出了"细脖子阳人"的特性,是为戏俗生成中的关键要素;情节丑角在完整的行动中展示了民族的个性特征,是为戏之生成的核心因素。两类型丑角都显现出生活化的去程式的共同趋向,使侗戏成为富于生活情趣的喜剧艺术形式,从中可体验一个弱小民族的文化创造路径的同时,也可体验其以戏乐生的养心智慧。

Clowns in the Dong opera is a unique phenomenon that deserves attention as their significance even goes beyond the opera itself. Clowns fall into two categories of action clowns and plot clowns. The former is called ＂the thin-necked living people ＂. featured by the action of jumping, and is the key to the formation of drama tricks; while the latter presents the ethnic personalities and characteristics by the whole behaviors, which is the core for the plot development. Both the two categories of clowns show a common life-ormnted tendency for deconventionalization and make the Dong opera an artistic form of comedy which is full of delights of life. When appreciating the cultural creation by a weak ethnic minority, the audience may also experience the delight and wisdom in the opera