Zhang Xian Theatrical Discourse Morphology And Micro-power Relations

In the modern civil society, the drama is regarded one of the most public arts in the culturalsphere. The stage space as well as the textual sphere of the drama shares the same structure to thepublic sphere of the civil society. By analyzing the texts of three dramas written by Zhang Xian,which are named , and , the paperreveals the relationship between the dialogues in the dramas and the micro-powers in the publicspheres. The paper holds the opinion that there are inner relations between the daily experiences aslove and politics, which are expressed in Zhang Xian's dramas , and the manipulation techniquessuch as the hypnotism and witchcraft sorcery. These relations are supposed to be micro models tothe power-relations in the public spheres. Furthermore, micro-power relations are explained as theresults of dialogue-wars among individuals. Meantime, revealing and expressing the micro-powerrelations, which Zhang Xian has done in his dramas, is the de-glamorization to these powermysteries in the mainstream dialogues.