The Research On Drama Theory And Stage Practice Of Hong Shen

Hong Shen’s performance and director theories generated after receiving the influence of Chinese and Western drama have universality and personal aesthetic characteristics,which are more valuable than his drama works.This paper focuses on the Hong Shen’s performance,director theory and practice that are closest to essential feature of the drama and have pioneering significance,which will be put under the big literary perspective of Chinese modern drama to explore its value and gains and losses.Those will be supplement of Hong Shen’s research.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,this article is divided into four parts:The first chapter refers to the cultural origin of Hong Shen’s drama theory.As the "first person who specializes in drama in the United States",Hong shen combined his life experience and the influence of Jiangsu regional culture,formal drama education and training in the United States,as well as the aesthetic spirit in traditional Chinese opera to construct a complete set of performance and director theories.The second chapter mainly discusses Hong Shen’s cognition of performance and director art.How to create artistic reality and create a complete stage image for directors and actors who are the "main tool" of the second creation is a question need to be discussed.In Hong Shen’s view,only when directors and actors have professional qualities,respect the audience and abide by certain rules can theater art have vivid vitality.The third chapter mainly studies the coincidence of theory and stage practice.Hong Shen is both a director and an actor.In his rich practical activities,Hong Shen constantly verifies and revises theories,and also cultivates many excellent drama artists by means of theoretical guidance and personal demonstration.Hong Shen’s theories and stage practice constantly meet and get along well,forming a relationship of coincidence.The fourth chapter mainly evaluates and thinks over the Hong Shen’s drama theory and practice from a more macroscopic view of literary history,combined with the realistic tradition in Chinese modern drama.Under the inspiration of grand themes such as society and nation,the choices made by Hong Shen and the essence of art are in conflict with each other.How to balance social function and dramatic poetry is a question discussed in this part.