中国戏曲晚出探因

古希腊戏剧、古印度戏剧和中国戏曲同是世界上艺术成就最高、形式最完备的戏剧体式 ,但后者却比前两者晚出了一千多年。之所以如此 ,从外部原因来讲 ,是由于中国古代商业经济发展不充分、宗教观念淡薄 ;从文学自身来讲 ,则与中国社会重抒情文学轻叙事文学及由此形成的叙事文学不甚繁荣有关。中国古代神话的零碎、片断及过早地历史化、政治化 ,使其缺乏庞大的结构、完整的故事情节和鲜明的人物形象及具有一定力度的矛盾冲突 ,而这又正是叙事文学不发达的根本原因

Probing into the Late Appearance of Chinese Theatre

The theatre of the ancient Greek, the ancient India and the ancient China are of the highest artistic achievements and of the perfect forms, but it is noticing that the ancient Chinese theatre appeared much later, about one thousand years later than the former two. The exterior reason is probably that in the ancient times market economy was underdeveloped and people showed somewhat an attitude to religion. As to the interior reason, it is probably that Chinese people are fond of the lyric forms of literature, thus the narrative literature is ignored and underdeveloped. The ancient Chinese mythology is fragmented, history inflicted, and politics controlled, and this renders it to be lacking in exquisite structures, complete plots, distinct and animated characters, and the powerful dramatic conflicts, which are the very reasons of the underdevelopment of narrative literature.