透视文化、重构历史:新历史主义的缔造者——斯蒂芬·格林布拉特教授访谈录(英文)

Penetrating Cultures and Reconstructing History:An Interview with Stephen Greenblatt

在本谈话中,格林布拉特回顾了自己学术生涯中所受的形式主义、传统马克思主义和后结构主义的影响,以及自己是如何逐渐介入莎士比亚研究、从而在莎学研究中异军突起的;作为颇具盛名《诺顿文选》的第二任总编辑,他清晰地指出了《诺顿文选》和英语文学经典的建构和重构之间的关系,以及文选使用者在经典建构中的作用、经典的筛选机制和其中的商业因素等;他也谈到自己对缔造文化理论体系和重新阐释莎士比亚的新认识、文学批评与政治活动主义的关系、对"历史的文本性"的阐释和澄清等。最后,格林布拉特教授也对中国学界对新历史主义的批评和质疑做出了认真的回应。

In the interview,Greenblatt recalls the important influences of Formalism,Western-Marxism,and Post-structuralism on his academic career.He also tells us how he launched on his Shakespearean study and finally established his renowned position in the field.As the second general editor of Norton Anthology of English Literature (1990s),he clarifies the relationship between Norton anthology,and the canon formation and reformation in English literature.He especially points out the contribution of the users in con...