论阿拉伯裔美国后9·11戏剧的政治书写

On the Political Writing of Arab American Post-9·11 Drama

阿拉伯裔美国戏剧的崛起是21世纪美国戏剧的重要文化景观。在后9·11的政治语境下,阿拉伯裔美国戏剧异军突起,佳作不断,整体上表现出“美国叙事”和“中东叙事”两大趋势:一方面,探究了反恐战争语境下底层阿拉伯裔美国人所面临的生存危机和国家认同危机,展示了他们丰富的情感生活和复杂的人性维度,意欲改变美国主流社会对阿拉伯裔美国人的刻板印象;另一方面,积极进行跨国书写,聚焦中东历史、巴以冲突、阿拉伯文化等重要议题,通过特色鲜明的历史叙事和文化叙事积极寻求民族认同,展现阿拉伯底层民众对独裁强权和西方霸权的反抗精神。对阿拉伯裔美国后9·11戏剧的政治书写的探究,不仅有助于了解美国当代剧坛这股重要的新生力量,有助于认识阿拉伯裔美国戏剧独树一帜的政治意蕴与诗学价值,还为认知后9·11时代美国戏剧生态提供了一个新角度。

The rise of Arab American drama is an important cultural phenomenon of American drama in the 21st century.Against the post-9·11 context of the 21st century,Arab American drama has made great achievements.On the whole,it shows the trends of“American narrative”and“Middle East narrative”:firstly,it explores the survival crisis and identity crisis faced by Arab American underclass.The drama demonstrates the complexity of their humanity,intended to change the distorted Arab-American image prevalent in Western society;secondly,with transnational writing,it focuses on topics such as Middle East history,Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Arab culture,seeking recognition and showing Arabian rebellious spirit against dictatorship and Western hegemony.Through exploring the historical evolution of Arab American drama,the paper seeks to explore its cultural and aesthetic representation,providing a new insight into Arab-American drama and American drama ecology in the post-9·11 era.