摘要
Nilo Cruz is a Cuban-American playwright,whose Pulitzer-winning Anna in the Tropics has earned his national fame.Based on spatial theory proposed by Lefebvre and other scholars,this paper explores spatial transformations and characters’options from three aspects:social space,psychological space,and theatrical space.Social space is both a physical social product and a projection of social relations.Cruz focuses on spatial practice in the cigar factory and reflects the transformation of American society and production methods,which leads to the conflict between tradition and modernity.Psychological space shows the spatial subject’s psychological state in social relationships.Cruz portrays cultural displacement of Cuban immigrants and indicates their quest for identity and spatial belonging through memories and spatial transcending.Theatrical space presents a symbolic stage place.Cruz uses theatrical techniques such as juxtaposition along with sound and lighting.He goes beyond the context to make options predestined and attempts to reconstruct the spiritual order in the tragic ending,thus implying a possible eternity of memories.The interweaving of multi-dimensional transformations and options reveals Cruz’s reflection on social reality and his humanistic concern,extends beyond the stage via Tolstoy’s classic and provides a new perspective on the interpretation of this play.
