North Coke Southern Yellow "theory

"Northern Jiao and Southern Huang", Jiao Juyin as general director of the BeijingPeople's Art Theatre and Huang Zuolin as president of the Shanghai People's ArtTheatre, both are the most active and influential drama directors and dramatists duringthe identical era. However, concerning the comparison between Jiao Juyin and HuangZuolin is relatively scarce. This dissertation aims to make an analysis and study ontheir different dramatic ideal, artistic concept and the times' spirit that can reflect theirera's features. From multiple levels of ideological origins of personality andexperience, dramatic methodology and practice, and theatrical concept and theory, thedissertation further intends to seek the commons and differences between them basedon Chinese contemporary dramatic perspective.This research is mainly carried out from the following three aspects:Firstly, combined with the background of their times, the dissertation analyzes thedifferent experiences between them based on their different lives and makes aconclusion about their personality and attitude by concrete events, and their artisticconcepts and ideological origins. Also, from the political, economic, social andcultural angles, it analyzes different living circumstances leads to various personalresponse and action in order to explore the growth of life and the destination of spirit.Secondly, comparison between Jiao Juyin and Huang Zuolin's dramaticmethodology and achievement as professional directors. First, from the diachronicperspective, the dissertation emphasizes to compare two drama experiences under theexternal environment. Subsequently, from the practical elements of director andperformers, the stage space-time processing, the script and the second creation, etc., itcarries out specific analysis. Finally, the dissertation makes a general conclusion fortheir directing characteristics and distinctions. Specifically, Jiao Juyin referring toStanislavski and Danchenko develops a specific and detailed guide shows and stageperformance laws, and creates a national aesthetic style of Beijing People's Artstyle-based realist drama; but rather Huang Zuolin regards freehand play as thesupreme principle to express and outline the free and rough ideal blueprint. Thirdly, the dissertation demonstrates two kinds of theatrical concepts andtheories. First, from the angle of "meaning" mentioned in their theoretical statements,the dissertation tries to seek the similarities and differences between their performanceby analyzing their "poetry","impressionistic", and "mood". And then, it explores theirdifferent dramatic ideas and theories on drama nationalization and modernization,including the issue on the relationship between drama and traditional opera, dramaticmodernization and nationalization, and their relation with different attitudes.The appearance of "Northern Jiao and Southern Huang" does not only representthe Chinese modern drama development, but also generalize the outcome of"nationalization" and carry out further deep exploration for the new era. In general, ithas very important significance for Chinese drama history, present and future.