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奥古斯特·威尔逊被众多评论家誉为美国最享有盛名的非裔美国剧作家。在《钢琴课》一剧中，他通过运用丰富的戏剧符号生动地呈现出非裔美国人面临的双重矛盾。戏剧符号学中的人物行动素模式、戏剧物体和戏剧话语，是探讨剧作家在剧中为非裔美国人提供平衡矛盾和自我赋权方式的有效工具。两种人物行动素模式表明种族间矛盾和种族内部矛盾是20世纪30年代美国社会的主要社会关系。钢琴、食物等具有隐喻的戏剧物体是剧中非裔美国文化的具体表征；“高谈阔论”的戏剧话语将戏剧舞台延伸到舞台之外，生动再现了非裔美国人的历史和文化。戏剧符号是威尔逊戏剧创作的重要载体，通过在作品中大量使用了戏剧符号，他不仅以隐喻的方式再现了20世纪非裔美国人的生活，而且指出历史和文化是非裔美国人自我赋权和重构身份的重要途径。
오고사특·위이손피음다평론가예위미국최향유성명적비예미국극작가。재《강금과》일극중，타통과운용봉부적희극부호생동지정현출비예미국인면림적쌍중모순。희극부호학중적인물행동소모식、희극물체화희극화어，시탐토극작가재극중위비예미국인제공평형모순화자아부권방식적유효공구。량충인물행동소모식표명충족간모순화충족내부모순시20세기30년대미국사회적주요사회관계。강금、식물등구유은유적희극물체시극중비예미국문화적구체표정；“고담활론”적희극화어장희극무태연신도무태지외，생동재현료비예미국인적역사화문화。희극부호시위이손희극창작적중요재체，통과재작품중대량사용료희극부호，타불부이은유적방식재현료20세기비예미국인적생활，이차지출역사화문화시비예미국인자아부권화중구신빈적중요도경。
August Wilson is recognized as America’s most powerful and successful African American play-wright by many critics .In The Piano Lesson ,he successfully presents the binaries confronting African A-mericans .The actantial model ,theatrical object and dramatic discourse within the framework of semiotics of theatre are effective tools to explore the means for African Americans to balance binaries and empower themselves provided by the playwright .Two actantial models disclose that interracial conflict and intrara-cial conflict are the major social relationship in the 1930s .T he metaphorical theatrical objects such as piano and food are the representation of African American culture .The theatrical discourse ,“High Talking”helps to construct a theatrical space out ,which represents the African American history and culture .Signs and symbols are significant tools in Wilson’s plays .By the manipulation of signs and symbols ,Wilson not only presents the African Americans’ lives in the twentieth century metaphorically ,but also reveals that history and culture are the vital means of self-empowerment and identity reconstruction for African Ameri-cans .