另类·边缘·后现代——香港戏剧革新浪潮的命名论争

Alternative, Marginal, and Postmodern——The Naming Debate of Hong Kong Drama Innovation Wave

命名,不仅是对某一现象内涵与外延的界定,它还是对话语权的争夺和对身份的确证。20世纪80年代以来,香港戏剧革新浪潮的各种命名轮番登场,每一种命名都受到了质疑、挑战乃至否决,其中比较重要的命名有"小剧场""另类剧场"和"后现代主义戏剧",针对这三种命名的论争不仅发生在它们之间,而且还发生在它们内部。对香港戏剧革新浪潮进行命名,本质上是争夺艺术场域的统治权、书写戏剧史的话语权和对自我身份的确认。

Naming is not only the definition of the connotation and denotation of a phenomenon, but also the competition for discourse power and the confirmation of identity. Since the 1980s, Hong Kong drama innovation wave has been named in varied ways, each of which has been questioned, challenged and even rejected. Among those names,"studio theater","alternative theater” and "postmodern drama" are more important. The debate over those names takes place not only between them, but also within themselves. The naming of the Hong Kong drama inno vation wave essentially means the con test for the domi nance of the art field, the discourse power to write the drama history and the recognition of one's own identity.