“样板戏”概念的生成、经典化及反思——从两部当代文学史的相关叙述谈起

The Generation,Canonization and Reflection of the Concept of“Model Opera”:Talking from the Related Narratives of Two Contemporary Literary History Works

关于“样板戏”“革命样板戏”等概念生成的时间,当代文学史著述多有不确,且忽略了概念生成、衍变所富含的社会历史内涵。其实“样板戏”的概念,早在1966年底就已经频繁出现,在与相似概念经历了一段时间的竞争性博弈后,于1967年5月借纪念《讲话》25周年相关文件和活动,得到明确定型、传播推广,并最终晋升为指称此一时期代表性文艺作品的主导性概念。关注“样板戏”概念的生成,并非仅在史料上落实一个不确切的知识,而是要从诸多概念并行到一个概念特出的过程中,看到特定历史阶段中文艺机制的某些重要特征。

When it comes to the time when the concepts of“model opera”and“revolutionary model opera”were coined,there are many inaccurate accounts in contemporary literary history works.Plus,the social and historical connotation rich in the generation and evolvement of the concepts is also ignored.Actually,the concept of“model opera”appeared frequently as early as the end of 1996.After the period of competitive game with its similar concepts,taking the opportunity of some documents and activities related to the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Mao’s Speech on Literature in 1967,the concept was clearly defined,disseminated and promoted and eventually became a dominant concept referring to representative literary and art works of this period.Paying attention to the generation of the concept of“model opera”is not merely to clarify the inaccuracy acknowledge on historical materials,but to watch some important characteristics of the Chinese art mechanism in a specific historical stage from the process of parallelization of many concepts to one concept.