1980年代是中国话剧创作史上的“黄金时代”,在以《狗儿爷涅槃》、《桑树坪记事》等为代表的剧作中,剧作家从底层叙事角度探寻民间生存状态。“底层”这个概念是按组织资源、经济资源和文化资源的占有状况为标准来划分社会阶层的,①本文界定的“底层”既包括农民,也包括城镇下 The 1980s was the “Golden Age” in the history of the Chinese drama creation. In plays such as “Dog Nirvana” and “Sang Shuping”, dramatists explored the state of folk existence from the perspective of the underlying narrative. The concept of “bottom” classifies social strata according to the state of possession of organizational resources, economic resources and cultural resources. ① The “bottom strata” defined in this paper includes both peasants and urban areas