On the"Space"Technique and"Time"Strategy in Mo Yan's"Crocodile"
"Crocodile"has attracted wide attention from the academic community because of its dramatic style and Mo Yan's status as a novelist.The focus of the debate ostensibly revolves around the stylistic nature of the work,but in fact it is a test of whether Mo Yan,a novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature,can create convincing dramatic works across borders.From the perspective of the script,Mo Yan uses metaphors to construct the stage and psychological space,and combines novel techniques to extend the time of the play,effectively balancing the difficult time and space relationship in the play.The treatment is similar to Lao She's approach in Teahouse,but is very different from Cao Yu's Thunderstorm,showing the novelist's and playwright's different perceptions and choices of"space"and"time".