改革开放40年美国非裔戏剧研究的回顾与反思

On the Study of African American Drama in China:Reflection and Forecast

当代美国非裔戏剧佳作迭出,成果斐然,展现出巨大的艺术魅力和深远的社会影响力,是美国非裔文学和美国戏剧的重要组成部分。改革开放40年来,我国学界对美国非裔戏剧给予了较多关注,涌现出一大批研究成果,成为中国外国戏剧研究的一大亮点。一番梳理不难发现,相较于美国非裔小说研究,国内美国非裔戏剧研究仍需在以下几个方面进行努力:加强对美国非裔戏剧的整体性研究,亦应从局部着手展开断代史研究和专题型研究;扩大研究范围,重视对早期黑人戏剧家、经典黑人作家和新生代黑人戏剧家其人其作的研究;打破政治话语批评范式,回归审美批评,深入挖掘作品的艺术价值,并立足自身文化立场,发挥自主意识,与世界平等对话。

African American drama is an important part of both African American literature and American drama.The past decades have witnessed remarkable artistic charm and profound social influence of African American drama.Over the past40years,scholars in China's Mainland have paid great attention to this field,and has been very fruitful in academic research.Compared with the study of African American fiction,China's study of African American drama lags behind,and we need to improve in the following aspects.Firstly,we should conduct comprehensive study on African American drama,and meanwhile conduct study on specific historical periods and relevant topics.Secondly,we need to pay attention to more writers,including the early African American dramatists,classic African American writers,emerging African American dramatists.Thirdly,we need break through the paradigm of political critical discourse,and delve into the artistic value of dramatic works based on our own cultural stance.