苏珊·洛莉·帕克斯三部剧作中的元戏剧艺术探析——《维纳斯》、《美国戏剧》和《强者/弱者》解读

声明

摘要

Abstract

Contents

Introduction

1．A Critical Review of Suzan-Lori Parks

2．Literature Review of the Three Selected Plays of Suzan-Lori Parks

3．African American Theatre and the Theory of Metadrama

4．Layout of the Thesis

Chapter One An Analysis of Playwright-Characters in the Plays

1．Concept of Playwright-Character

2．Manipulative Playwright-Characters in Parks’s Plays

3．Self-Dramatizing Playwright-Characters in Parks’s Plays

Chapter Two An Analysis of Role-Playing within the Role in the Plays

1．Concept of Role-Playing within the Role

2．Parks’s Blending of Voluntary，Involuntary and Allegorical Role-Playing

3．Role-Playing in Inset Plays of Parks’s Plays

4．Role-Playing in Ceremonies of Parks’s Plays

Chapter Three An Analysis of Self-Reference in the Plays

1．Concept of Self-Reference of Theatre

2．Indirect Self-references in Parks’s plays

3．Direct Self-references in Parks’s plays

Chapter Four Alienation Effect of the Metadramatic Elements in Parks’s Plays

1．Concept of Alienation Effect

2．Street Scene Narrator

3．Non-Aristotelian Plot

4．Gestic Quality of Language

Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgements