Disabled for the last nine years of his life, Konstantin Stanislavsky struggled to verbalize his artistic experience and record it in writing. This experience mostly concerned acting, itself extremely hard to conceptualize and explain, and, to his mind, the core of human existence. Stanislavsky looked for the proper literary vehicle to contain this abundance. Initially, he hoped he had found adequate means in the form of the educational novel – the Bildungsroman. However, in the course of his writing, he gradually abandoned this form, as well as any literary aspirations he may have had. What we can find in An Actor’s Work are only remnants of the original concept. Nevertheless, they are still present. Looking closer at these ruins can bring interesting insights into the aura and mood of Stanislavsky’s theorizing about art.

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斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基失败的成长小说

康斯坦丁·斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基（Konstantin Stanislavsky）在生命的最后九年里残疾了，他努力用语言表达并以书面形式记录他的艺术经历。这种经历主要与表演有关，表演本身极难概念化和解释，在他看来，表演是人类存在的核心。斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基寻找合适的文学载体来容纳这种丰富的内容。最初，他希望自己能以教育小说的形式找到足够的手段——成长小说。然而，在他的写作过程中，他逐渐放弃了这种形式，以及他可能有的任何文学抱负。我们可以找到什么演员的作品只是原始概念的残余。尽管如此，他们仍然存在。仔细观察这些废墟可以对斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基艺术理论的光环和情绪产生有趣的见解。