This study puts the contemporary black playwright August Wilson in the context of the propaganda tradition of the African American theatre,and shows how Wilson artistically excels by overcoming the potential artistic pitfalls of the average propaganda plays—extremism, didacticism and a lack of universality. First, Wilson's plays avoid the extremist presentation of white monsters who are preferred by the propaganda school,and most of the Wilsonian white victimizers are rendered off-stage,signifying the invis...
【基金】
国家社会科学基金青年项目“非裔美国戏剧宣传/艺术传统的变迁研究”(11CWW025)
【更新日期】
2015-12-24
【分类号】
I712.073
【正文快照】
0.引言非裔美国剧作家奥古斯特·威尔逊(August Wilson,1945—2005)不啻为当代美国戏剧界的传奇人物。自从1984年他凭借《莱尼大妈的黑臀》(Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)登上百老汇的舞台以来,曾先后获得诸多荣誉和奖项,其中包括两次普利策奖。威尔逊的代表作是一组系列剧,总计10