本研究在各種比較中審視現當代戲劇文學,以獨創為標尺評判所有劇作,給予常被忽視的戲曲劇本同樣的重視,結論是:戲曲文學成就高于話劇,還無意中攻克了西方現代戲劇家百年來未曾解決的一大難題——現代詩劇,更可能出現中國現代戲劇中最有價值的世界性經典。

From a comparative perspective and using originality as the main criterion,this study examines dramatic literature in modern and contemporary China,including Chinese opera as well as spoken drama,especially taking seriously the former,often overlooked by modern literary scholars.The conclusion is that the achievements of Chinese opera are greater than those of spoken drama.And modern Chinese opera has unwittingly had a breakthrough in the area of modern verse drama where western dramatists have tried but largely failed in the last century or so.Some Chinese operas may likely become the most valuable world classics from Chinese theatre.