Drama In The Soviet Area:History And Value

The period of the Central Soviet Area was an important historical stage in the development of the Chinese revolution.Facing the complicated class and national contradictions,and the vigorous encirclement and suppression of the Kuomintang reactionaries,the Chinese Communist Party has not only continued to lead the people against imperialism,feudalism and warlords,but also made full use of drama,a popular form of literature and art to promote Chinese revolution keep moving towards progress.The literary and artistic construction of the Central Soviet Area was developed to cooperate with the political and economic construction of the Soviet Area.Therefore,the drama movement in the Central Soviet Area is complementary to the political and economic construction of the Soviet Area.It has a profound theoretical foundation,political and cultural background.It is also a requirement for revolutionary practice.On the one hand,the production of the drama in the Central Soviet Area is the specific practice of the Marxist Literary Theories and Lenin’s party spirit on literature and art in China;on the other hand,a series of policies,regulations formulated by the Communist of Chinese Party and the Soviet government,as well as the original drama tradition and the practical needs in actual struggle of the base area.These all provide a suitable living soil for the production of drama.Throughout the development of drama in the Central Soviet Area,it can be seen that at every stage of the development of drama,the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and the Soviet government is inseparable.This ensures that the entire process of drama development in the Central Soviet Area can firmly advance with the way of Marxism.The propaganda themes of the drama fully reflect the party’s program,policies and propositions.The leadership of the Chinese Communist Party also determined that the dramas in the Central Soviet Area had characteristics that were different from the previous literary and artistic forms——political orientation.The dramas were arranged for the needs of the development of the revolution.At the same time,in order to enable the drama to play an effective role in publicity and education,the drama in the Central Soviet Area was also based on reality,drawing materials from real life,and using the local dialect more.It makes the drama have a distinct mass character and flexibility.Since the main purpose of drama performances is to publicize and educate the masses,the dramas in the Central Soviet Area are also propaganda and agitating.In order to make the Red Army soldiers and the masses believe in the revolution and strengthen their belief in the revolution,the drama also has revolutionary romanticism and heroism.As an important carrier of the party’s propaganda work in the Central Soviet Area,the drama really exerted its due effectiveness.Not only in terms of strengthening revolutionary beliefs,boosting fighting morale,and inspiring fighting spirit,but also in propagating the agrarian revolution struggle,launching the land search movement,expanding the red support army,advocating women’s liberation,and propagating against the enemy and disintegrating the enemy’s army,the dramas in the Central Soviet Area played an active role and greatly promoted the process of the Chinese revolution.Today when socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era and pays more attention to the inheritance and development of the red revolutionary culture,inheriting and spreading the spirit of the red drama,digging the historical data and potential value of the drama in the Central Soviet Area,building the cultural brand of the red drama,and developing tourism resources should become what we will strive for in the future.