A・ケネディの初期戯曲における色のイメージ

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  • A ケネディ ノ ショキ ギキョク ニ オケル イロ ノ イメージ
  • Color Images in the Early Plays by Adrienne Kennedy

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African American people have pursued their blackness through various art forms. Adrienne Kennedy can be called one of the most unique artists who represent blackness on the stage. Though her protagonists are far from positive black figures which black movement leaders sought in the 1960's and 1970's, they explore into their identity and show the audience what blackness means in America. One of Kennedy's unique characteristics can be found in her use of colors. Her first play Funnyhouse of a Negro especially impresses the audience with its overwhelming contrast of white and black. There is a color hierarchy in the play whose top is white. The heroine admires white European cultures. Nevertheless she is aware that her longing as well as being black causes her agony since she sees unnaturalness in white and black colors of the play. Other outstanding colors are yellow and red. Whereas yellow represents a person who is neither a black nor a white in her early plays, red is the symbol of violence in most of her plays. In A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White, however, the sheets stained with the heroine's blood become black. Thus Kennedy suggests the stark reality of American society where no other color can exist except for black and white.

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