元杂剧作品的“俗”性探析

On the "Popularity" of the Works of Poetic Drama in Yuan Dynasty

元杂剧是中国文学史上俗文学的第一次大规模的收获,也是元代俗文学成熟的文学样式,带有表演、音乐、舞蹈、游戏等技能的"俗"性特征相当显著,它以矫健的雄姿活跃在文坛艺苑之中,反映深刻的社会主题,成为极具代表性的一代艺术。笔者从元杂剧作者、审美情趣和元杂剧受众群体及历史源流等方面来探析元杂剧作品的"俗"性特征,进一步阐述元杂剧作品的作用和影响。

The poetic drama in the Yuan Dynasty is the first large-scale harvest of popular literature in the history of Chinese literature, and it is also a mature literary style of contemporary literature characterized with the feature of 'the popularity'of performances, music, dance and games. The poetic drama is majestically active in the garden of literary arts, reflecting profound social themes and has become an art representative of a generation. The author analyzes the features of 'popularity' of the poetic drama from the aspects of their writers, aesthetic taste, its audiences and historical origins, and further elaborates the role and influence of the poetic drama works.