古调新弹:《谢瑶环》与当代中国戏剧文化的权力谱系

Replaying the Tradition: Xie Yaohuan and the Genealogy of Traditional Xiqu Culture in Modern China

本文以《谢瑶环》为研究个案,分析传统戏剧文学的改编、转化和重构,并介入现代政治的过程,试图将传统戏本《万福莲》和田汉改编本《谢瑶环》进行详细对照阅读,观察文本的增删、改编,分析两种类型文化体系,并阐释传统戏剧如何转化成为当代中国政治文化领域的重要组成部分,也构建了一种独特的公共舆论。同时,文章通过详细分析此一剧本的改编过程,探讨知识分子在"民俗文化"向"政治文化"转变过程中的重要中介和文化桥梁的作用,并希望重新考量传统民俗文化在现代中国的价值和意义。

This article is based on a case study of the traditional Xiqu Xie Yaohuan, and discusses the adaptation, transformation and reconstruction of traditional Xiqu. Comparing Tian Han＇s adaptation of Xie Yaohuan with the script of The Lotus Hairpin （Wan Fu Lian ）, the article analyzes the additions, deletions, and changes in the adaptation, and expounds how traditional Xiqu was incorporated as a crucial part into the political culture of modern China and gave rise to a special type of public discourse. Tian Han as a prominent intellectual deleted some traditional elements from The Lotus Hairpin and added some new political meanings into the new script, remaking and spreading a new and political culture. By analyzing the text of Xie Yaohuan, this article discusses the role of intellectuals in transforming folk culture into modern culture and reevaluates folk culture in modern China.