David Henry Hwang is the first and the only Asian American playwright ever to win Tony Award for Best Play.His latest play Yellow Face combines signs,representation and the issue of identity on the stage with those in...David Henry Hwang is the first and the only Asian American playwright ever to win Tony Award for Best Play.His latest play Yellow Face combines signs,representation and the issue of identity on the stage with those in the real life,vividly interpreting the fluidity of identity.Therefore,this essay attempts to concentrate on a semiotic study of Yellow Face from the perspective of Stuart Hall's Cultural Studies,especially the discursive approach.Through the analysis of various signs in the plays to be discussed and how these signs construct meaning to represent culture,this essay explores the relationships between symbolic representations and cultural identity,shedding a new light on Yellow Face.展开更多
黄哲伦(David Henry Hwang)是美国当代著名的华裔剧作家。《蝴蝶君》一剧让他声名大噪,并确立了他在戏剧界的地位,同时他也因此剧受到了国内学者的关注。从2000年国内就开始有了关于他的研究,并且研究数量逐年增加,其中不乏一些值得重...黄哲伦(David Henry Hwang)是美国当代著名的华裔剧作家。《蝴蝶君》一剧让他声名大噪,并确立了他在戏剧界的地位,同时他也因此剧受到了国内学者的关注。从2000年国内就开始有了关于他的研究,并且研究数量逐年增加,其中不乏一些值得重视的观点。但是笔者经总结发现,关于黄哲伦的研究主要集中于他的《蝴蝶君》上,其他作品研究相对较少,内容主要集中于对其写作主题及思想的研究。本文通过对国内这一领域的研究现状与研究特点进行考察,试图发现我国对黄哲伦研究在理论方法、研究视角与关注侧重等方面呈现出的特点,以及存在的不足并找出新的研究空间。展开更多
文摘David Henry Hwang is the first and the only Asian American playwright ever to win Tony Award for Best Play.His latest play Yellow Face combines signs,representation and the issue of identity on the stage with those in the real life,vividly interpreting the fluidity of identity.Therefore,this essay attempts to concentrate on a semiotic study of Yellow Face from the perspective of Stuart Hall's Cultural Studies,especially the discursive approach.Through the analysis of various signs in the plays to be discussed and how these signs construct meaning to represent culture,this essay explores the relationships between symbolic representations and cultural identity,shedding a new light on Yellow Face.
文摘黄哲伦(David Henry Hwang)是美国当代著名的华裔剧作家。《蝴蝶君》一剧让他声名大噪,并确立了他在戏剧界的地位,同时他也因此剧受到了国内学者的关注。从2000年国内就开始有了关于他的研究,并且研究数量逐年增加,其中不乏一些值得重视的观点。但是笔者经总结发现,关于黄哲伦的研究主要集中于他的《蝴蝶君》上,其他作品研究相对较少,内容主要集中于对其写作主题及思想的研究。本文通过对国内这一领域的研究现状与研究特点进行考察,试图发现我国对黄哲伦研究在理论方法、研究视角与关注侧重等方面呈现出的特点,以及存在的不足并找出新的研究空间。
