戏剧研究的空间转向:以20世纪美国都市戏剧为重点

A Turn to Space in Drama Studies: 20^(th) Century American Metropolitan Plays

20世纪末,西方学界出现了空间研究转向。随之,城市与空间成为关注的热点。然而,从文学尤其是戏剧入手对城市空间进行挖掘者并不多。本文从20世纪美国都市戏剧入手,对都市戏剧的内容、特征、发展过程进行了分析,探讨了文本与舞台上的都市、地点、空间之间的关系及其内涵,进而指出美国都市戏剧研究成为戏剧研究新方向的可能性。

Towards the end of the 20^th Century, the study of space and cities became an overwhelming trend in the academic circle; consequently, urban space has been much discussed. However, the topic has hardly been explored from the perspective of literature and drama. This paper takes the 20^ty Century American metropolitan drama as an example. By exploring the plots, features, and developments of several metropolitan plays, this paper reveals the relationship between those on stage and metropolises, places, and space in text. The implicit meaning in these relationships will be discussed, as well as the possibility of American metropolitan drama becoming a new trend in theatre studies.