“新剧的发生”与中国戏剧的现代性寻求--兼论中国话剧源头问题

“The Occurrence of the New Drama” and the Seeking Modernity of Chinese Drama——Also on the Origin of Chinese Drama

"新剧的发生"是学界近年出现的新命题,正逐渐成为关注和讨论的热点。研究"新剧的发生",就是探究20世纪初期中国戏剧的形态转型以及新的审美要求生成的过程,也是从另一个角度切入的有关中国话剧源头问题的探讨。把"新剧的发生"放在20世纪初期的历史文化语境中,借用发生学的理念和方法,探讨新剧在其生成过程中各成分因子在中国戏剧现代性进程中的作用,则学生演剧迈出了中国戏剧现代性求索的第一步,改良新戏开启了中国戏剧现代性的自觉追寻,文明新戏标示着中国戏剧现代化的正式发轫。从发生学的角度研究新剧的生成过程,无疑是方法论上的一次革新。

＂The occurrence of new drama＂ as a new proposition in recent years, is gradually becoming a hotspot of attention and discussion. The study of ＂the occurrence of new drama＂ is to explore the transformation of the Chinese drama in the early 20th century and emergence of new aesthetic requirements, its also another point of view of the source of Chinese drama. If we put ＂the occurrence of new drama＂ the historical and cuhural context in early 20th century, borrows the idea and method of occurrence, we can find that the students drama has taken the first step in the modernization of Chinese drama, and the Improve New Playhas opened the conscious pursuit of the modernity of Chinese drama. The Civilized New Play shows the official start of the modernization of Chinese drama, the Study the process of new drama from the perspective of embryology, is undoubtedly innovation on methodology.