Assimilating Misreading Creating And Innovating

Absurd drama is a representation modality of modernism trend of thought, which is the perfect unification of the content and form and whose goal aims at representing the absurd sense. In content, its theme is laid on alienation, involving the state and predicament of human beings. In form, it is against the tradition and logos, and makes strange and surprising effect. The western absurd drama is well-known to us all, so there is no need to discuss it here. The Chinese absurd drama is referred to the drama inditing and performance practice of a group of unrealism writers and directors since the year 1982.The Chinese absurd drama came into being by imitating and using for reference the western absurd drama, namely, performing western absurd drama, imitating its theme and form, translating and introducing the theory works on it. Due to imitating and using for reference , the Chinese and western absurd dramas have some comparability. It is firstly represented in the themes, that is, "waiting", "meaningless". These themes penetrate the works of most Chinese and western absurd dramas. Secondly it emphasizes the dramatis personae' feelings at the moment instead of scenarios, conflict or characters. Lastly it doesn't use the form of dramas but absurd form to represent the absurd reality. While the Chinese absurd drama was learning from the western drama, misreading was unavoidable, which lies in both philosophy and aesthetics. In the eyes of the western drama artists, to represent absurdity is to represent in essence the reality of life. But in China, absurdity is considered to be unreality or untrue.20 years have passed before the Chinese absurd drama has its own form and result through absorbing, misreading and searching for development. In this course, we have learnt a lot. At least, it is agreed that neither keeping to the quintessence of our drama nor coping the western drama without criticism has prospects. Only byaccepting new conception, critically assimilating whatever is beneficial in absurd drama from western countries and making good use of our national precious cultural resources will the Chinese absurd drama develop constantly.