| At the beginning of the 20th century,drama was introduced in China as a modern form of art,and got prosperous development during the War of Resistance Against Japan.In this special time,the dramatic creation,performance and criticism reached the highest standard of quality.There is a large number of different articles about drama on SinXua Daily,including the reports of drama performance,adapted dramas,realization of the plays’content,and reviews on important plays,the translation and introduction about important dramatic theories and the talks of dramatists.All of these articles published on SinXua Daily is generalized to ’Drama Reviews on SinXua Daily’ in this paper.SinXua Daily was the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party during the War of Resistance Aagainst Japan,and also the only legal publication of the Chinese Communist Party in the nationalist government’s area,therefore,Drama Reviews on SinXua Daily has obvious political tendency.In virtue of the advantages of SinXua Daily,Drama Reviews on SinXua Daily participates in the debates on drama issues actively,in which the policies and guidelines of the Chinese Communist Party on drama development,culture and art can be detected.In the process,Drama Reviews on SinXua Daily shows keen insight,meanwhile,exposes its historic limitations.Drama Reviews on SinXua Daily focuses on the adjustment of relationship between audience and performance.It assists the relationship from one-way to two-way and witnesses the change of form at that time.Drama Reviews involves the exploration of the realistic performing system and plays an important role in establishing modern Director System and performing skills with Chinese characteristics.Drama Reviews on SinXua Daily is also trying to set up the evaluation standard of modern Chinese drama.It encourages dramatists to find the poetic quality of flavor from ordinary and trivial life and insists on withstanding against feudalism and autocracy during the WW II.In the process of studying modern Chinese drama,Drama Reviews on SinXua Daily should not be ignored.This paper considers the Drama Reviews as a whole to analyze its influence on the development of Chinese Drama and the limitation caused by its own attribute,mainly relied on the theories of Communication and Drama and combing with the corresponding social development situation. |
