文档介绍：河北大学
硕士学位论文
论尤金·奥尼尔悲剧思想的形成和发展
姓名:安
申请学位级别:硕士
专业:英语语言文学
指导教师:范志慧
20040601
摘要

尤金奥尼尔是 20 世纪美国现代悲剧的奠基人他的悲剧思想一直是批评家
们所关注的主题本文详细分析了奥尼尔悲剧思想的形成和发展
奥尼尔的悲剧植根于以信仰断裂为时代特征的二十世纪之交的资本主义社
会文化现实继承了从古希腊悲剧到莎士比亚悲剧的伟大传统同时又汲取了西
方现代哲学和现代心理学的精神营养他的家庭与个人悲剧则是奥尼尔悲剧思想
形成的内在基因本文以亚里士多德的诗学为讨论基础将奥尼尔的悲剧置
于西方两大悲剧传统中从悲剧人物悲剧情节悲剧效果悲剧根源四个方面
进行对比分析并指出奥尼尔的悲剧体现出西方现代悲剧的特征了解奥尼尔
悲剧思想的形成和发展对读者理解他的全部剧作的内涵是大有裨益的
最后本文得出结论由于受到多方面因素的影响奥尼尔的悲剧思想没有
形成一个静态的模式而是经历了一个前后变化发展的历程其发展表现在奥尼
尔的悲剧突破了以亚里士多德的诗学所规定的悲剧的创作原则的束缚呈现
出与西方悲剧传统不同的西方现代悲剧的特征

关键词尤金奥尼尔悲剧思想形成发展

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Abstract

Eugene O’Neill is regarded as the founder of American modern tragedy in 20th
century, whose tragic thought has been a long-concerned topic by many critics. This
paper illustrates the formation and development of O’Neill’s tragic thought.
O’Neill’s tragedy roots in the capitalist social-cultural reality of belief breaking,
inherits the great traditions from ancient Greek tragedy to Shakespeare’s and absorbs
the nutrition of western modern philosophy and psychology. Besides, O’Neill’s family
tragedy and personal suffering also influence his tragic thought.
The discussion of the thesis is based on Aristotle’s Poetics. Through careful
comparison of O’Neill’s tragedy with the two traditions of western tragedy from four
aspects: tragic character, tragic plot, tragic effect and tragic cause, the thesis points out
that O’Neill’s tragedy presents the conspicuous characteristics of western modern
tragedy. Knowing the formation and development of O’Neill’s tragic thought would
benefit readers for their understanding the connotation of all O’Neill’s plays.
Finally, the thesis concludes that influenced by many factors, O’Neill’s tragic
thought has experienced a developing process instead of forming a static mode.
O’Neill has neglected many rules and regulations inherited from traditional
interpretations of Aristotle’s Poetics and his tragedi