论元杂剧对敦煌变文人物塑造艺术的继承与发展

On the Inheritance and Development of Characterization Art in Dunhuang Bianwen by Yuan Drama

变文是唐代的一种说唱文学样式,是中国戏剧产生的一个重要艺术渊源,而元杂剧又标志着中国戏剧形式的定型,探究两者之间的承继关系无疑具有重要意义。文章将敦煌变文与元杂剧相同题材的作品进行比较研究,从中窥探元杂剧对于敦煌变文人物塑造艺术的继承与发展,进而探究变文在戏剧发展史上的重要作用。

Bianwen（ a literature format featured with singing and saying in Tang Dynasty,first discovered in Dunhuang,Gansu Province） is an important art origin of Chinese drama,and Yuan Drama marks the fixed format of Chinese drama,so exploring the inheritance relationship between Yuan Drama and Bianwen is undoubtedly of great significance. This paper makes a comparative study of the works on the same topic of the Dunhuang Bianwen and Yuan Drama,and comes to a conclusion that Yuan Drama inherits and develops the characterization art of Dunhuang Bianwen. This study reveals the important role Bianwen plays in the history of drama.