审丑也是人类审美意识的重要方面。比较中西方戏剧史丑角的作用可以看出：丑角在中西早期正统戏剧中具有不同的功能，其功能后来也在正统戏剧和民间娱乐中发生了嬗变。这种功能差异和嬗变，因不同文化背景而使然，可通过文化差异分析给予合理阐释。 Ugliness is one of the most important aesthetic conceptions in human aesthetic experience. The functional difference and transmutation of opera and folk art clown will be found by comparing the clown history of east and west. Some reasonable explanations of these differences also will be illustrated according to the unique cultural background.
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