“行动”与“动作”作为戏剧术語究竟各有什么涵义?这两个术語近来引起了一些爭論,大多数人,包括一些戏剧理論家,主张只用“动作”一詞,而废除“行动”。本文旨在对这两个术語加以解释。这两个术語是从古希腊亚理斯多德的《詩学》里来的。先談“行动”。亚理斯多德把詩(主要指史詩,悲剧和喜剧)里发生的主要事件称为praxis(普刺克西斯,源出动詞prattein,即行一件事的“行”),意思是“所行的事”。有人主张譯为“事件”。但事件有一些是被动的,不如譯为“行动”,例如反抗暴力的行动、因为丈夫另娶妻子而进行报复的行动。 What are the meanings of “action” and “action” as dramatic terms? These two terms have caused some controversy lately, and most, including some theatrical theorists, advocate the use of the word “action” instead of “ action”. This article aims to explain both terms. These two terms come from Aristotle’s “poetics” of ancient Greece. First talk about “action.” Aristotle called the main event in poetry (mainly epic poetry, tragedy and comedy) praxis (Prostisch, the verb prattein, that means “doing” one thing), meaning “ Line thing ”. Some people claim to be translated as “incident.” However, some of the incidents are passive. They are better translated as “actions,” such as actions against violence and revenge actions because they are married to their wives.