文学语言与20年代话剧特征的形成

20年代话剧的文体特征及发展走向很大程度上可以从文学语言变革的角度加以认识。具体而言,白话语言对戏曲之唱构成了强有力的消解,促成了现代话剧从唱到说基本特征的形成。模拟真实的口语为话剧带来了生活气息,却因疏于锤炼而导致了情节的冗余和话剧的故事化倾向;演说作为白话的言说方式之一顺应了文学语言变革,却带来了说理化特征,并时有打破话剧客观化情境的情形。文学革命后,文学语言的逐渐调整为话剧的发展带来了契机,促成了机智型喜剧的成熟;诗化语言增加了话剧的文学性,同时因诗多剧少为话剧提出了亟待解决的问题。从文学语言的角度可以更好地揭示20年代话剧特征的形成,重新认识这一体裁发展中的现象、问题和趋向,更好地把握文学史规律。

The Literary Language and the Characteristics of the Drama in the 1920s

The stylistic features and the trends of the drama development in the 1920s can be investigated from the perspective of literary language. In particular,the vernacular language dealt a forceful deconstruction to the element ofsingingin the opera,leading to the formation of the modern drama,which was basically characterized by dialogue. Colloquial language made the drama suffused with a daily-life atmosphere but brought redundancy to its plot,making it more of a story than of a drama. Thoughspeechconformed t...