Comments On Works Of Modern Drama From "Novel Monthly Report" (1921-1930)

"Novel Monthly report" is the dominant literature magazine in the first ten years,whose own important status decides its modern drama part's huge influence in modern drama history. Its translation works make direct influence on original writing. "Novel Monthly report" threads up the most primitive materials.It presents the most candid existence and records the most real historical process.To review the "Novel Monthly report"drama works by the background of "the history",to find its unique value that the literature history has neglected,are my job.The translation dramatic works on "Novel Monthly report" gave the native dramatic work a broad vision from the subjects including social oppression,the domestic dispute,the human nature critique,the moral question,the female question,the freedom of marriage and so on, to the artistic technique in multiplicity,the breadth and depth of its analysis provided a good pattern for the original modern drama.But there are some mistakes because of the demand of native researchers.For example,the translation dramatic works mentioned the philosophy of life and the human spirit, the native place dramatic works has neglected this point."Novel Monthly report"'s original dramatic works has a more broad vision and more flexible art.For example,the romance and the subject digging,etc. "Greatly Is" and "One-act play Elects" both are results of value choice under the idea of restructuring and retreating. The subject of "Greatly Is" just revolves the female question,the war criticism,the moral satire,the domestic dispute and so on. There is little flexible in art. "One-act play Elects" thread up the historical pulse from the history of literature angle,esp the realistic misery. Its artistic technique has certain achievement. Comparing with these two papers,studying the differences between them ,we will find something new about the origin of modern drama, which has the vital significance regarding today's modern drama research in the modern drama 100 years.Compared to translation dramatic works, from the depth and breadth of subjects to the diversification of art, the original dramatic works have certain disparity.This is related with the time and writers'ability. The original dramatic works develop in multi- surface exploration, going forward in the self-criticism. It promulgates the time subject.It reflects the dramatic work idea. It presents the artistic technique and molds the writing pattern.The first ten years'original modern drama provides the fountain-head for Chinese modern drama development in the passed one hundred years.