A Preliminary Study of Local People's Views on Taiwan Hand Puppet Theater in the Context of Its Modern Evolution

在地人對臺灣布袋戲的看法及布袋戲的現代進化之初探

吳素美(Wu, Sue-mei) ； 伍善妮(Sandi Ward)

《藝見學刊》 15期 (2018/04) Pp. 1-16

https://doi.org/10.6207/ART-VISION.201804_(15).001-016

摘要

During the last few decades, Taiwan Hand Puppet Theater (布袋戲, Budaixi, BDX), a representative Taiwanese folk performance form, has become an important symbol of Taiwanese culture and identity. This paper presents a preliminary survey study of local people's views on BDX and discusses BDX's modern evolution. Most of the survey respondents were children when BDX was in its decline during the 1970s and 1980s. Although most of the respondents do not watch BDX often for entertainment as adults, they all feel that BDX is an important part of Taiwanese culture that should be promoted and preserved. After presenting and discussing the respondents' comments and our observations we propose a model of the modern evolution of BDX. We also suggest several ideas for further research on BDX.

關鍵字

Taiwan Hand Puppet Theater ； Taiwanese culture ； Taiwanese identity ； local people ； Hand Puppet Theater's modern evolution

並列摘要

近幾十年來，臺灣布袋戲已成為重要的臺灣文化及臺灣認同的代表之一。本文主要是對在地人是如何看待臺灣布袋戲並就布袋戲的現代進化做一個初步的探討。文中受訪的在地人，多是生在1970及1980年代，也是正當臺灣布袋戲處於式微的時候。雖然這些受訪者在其成年時不常觀看布袋戲，但他們也都認為布袋戲是一個很重要的臺灣文化資產，應该給予保護與推廣。文中就其討論與觀察，提出了幾個布袋戲的現代進化模式，同時也建議了幾個往後可繼續深入研究的布袋戲議題。

並列關鍵字

臺灣布袋戲 ； 臺灣文化 ； 臺灣認同 ； 在地人 ； 布袋戲的現代進化