以“独创”为标尺重读现当代戏剧文学——兼论话剧与戏曲的文学史地位

Originality in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Drama Revisited:Spoken Drama vis a vis Chinese Opera

本研究在各种比较中审视现当代戏剧文学,以独创为标尺评判所有剧作,给予常被忽视的戏曲剧本同样的重视,结论是:戏曲文学成就高于话剧,还无意中攻克了西方现代戏剧家百年来未曾解决的一大难题——现代诗剧,更可能出现中国现代戏剧中最有价值的世界性经典。

From a comparative perspective and using originality as the main criterion, this study examines dramatic literature in modem and contemporary China, including Chinese opera as well as spoken drama, especially taking seriously the former, often overlooked by modern literary scholars. The conclusion is that the achievements of Chinese opera are greater than those of spoken drama. And modern Chinese opera has unwittingly had a breakthrough in the area of modern verse drama where western dramatists have tried but largely failed in the last century or so. Some Chinese operas may likely become the most valuable world classics from Chinese theatre.