其他篇名 Alternative Title
Performing the role of playwright : Jia Zhongming’s sanqu songs in the supplement to The Register of Ghosts
摘要 Abstract
通過分析賈仲明增補《錄鬼簿》“凌波仙”散曲挽詞，本文旨在研究散曲如何對文學創作隱含的社會契約引起變化，尤其文本如何成為作者概念與社會身份之間互相協調的結果。長期以來，學界把賈仲明增補的挽詞當做研究劇作家個人生平的可靠信息來源，本文對這一做法提出質疑，認為這些挽詞整體來看其實寫的是賈仲明為劇作家社會角色建構出的一系列人格。作家概念在高雅文學體裁中佔據中心地位，可在賈仲明的散曲挽詞裡，雖然一個個都標註好了關漢卿、王實甫等姓名，卻降格為面目模糊並且可以輕易替換的人體模型。賈仲明這麼做的目的是為了凸顯在他的視角下設計出的劇作家社會角色。他構建出的劇作家角色既帶有都市商業劇場的痕跡，也反映了國家和精英價值的影響。因此，本文認為，賈仲明增補散曲輓詞的真正價值在於幫助我們更好地了解他所處的時代背景下劇作家的生存狀況。此外，恰當地解讀賈仲明輓詞也有助於我們進一步理解散曲文體的表演性。
This paper investigates the issue of how sanqu composition modifies the social contract of poetic composition in how a text mediated between authorship and social identity through a close analysis of Jia Zhongming’s 賈仲明 (fl. 1343–1422) sanqu songs written in the supplement to The Register of Ghosts (Lu gui bu 錄鬼簿). This paper challenges the conventional reading of Jia’s songs as reliable sources of biographical information on individual playwright to whom those songs are dedicated. It argues instead that they, if read together as a whole, represent a catalogue of various personae Jia constructs for the social role of playwright. The authorial figure that has played a central role in more polite poetic genres is reduced into a faceless and easily replaceable mannequin with a name-tag on it—be it Guan Hanqing, Wang Shifu, or any other name—in Jia’s sanqu songs, only to foreground the costume of the playwright’s social role from his particular perspective. The role Jia Zhongming constructs for playwright displays imprints of urban commercial theater as well as influence of the state and elite values. Therefore, the true value of Jia’s songs lies in that they help us better understand the condition of playwrights in Jia’s time. Moreover, a proper interpretation of Jia’s songs also helps us better understand the performativeness of sanqu as a genre.
關鍵詞 Keywords
社會角色, 扮演, 非個人化和帝國視角, 通俗和精英文化, social role, performance, an impersonal and imperial perspective, popular and elite cultures
語言 Language
Chinese (Traditional)
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參考書目格式 Recommended Citation
萇文博 (2023)。劇作家角色之扮演 : 賈仲明增補《錄鬼簿》“凌波仙”散曲挽詞研究。《嶺南學報》，復刊 第十八輯，頁59-85。檢自 https://commons.ln.edu.hk/ljcs_new/vol18/iss1/3