《温室》一剧的政治解读

A Political Reading of Pinter's The Hothouse

《温室》是品特早期作品中政治色彩最为浓厚的戏剧。它表现了作者对体制和极权的憎恶,对人类未来的担心,并以隐喻的方式控诉了二战时期纳粹对犹太人的大屠杀。本文通过探究该剧被搁置二十余年才推上舞台的原因,阐明早期品特和晚期品特对政治的不同态度,同时也指出该剧对于研究品特与政治关系的重要性。

Among Pinter's early works The Hothouse is outstanding for its strong political color,which embodies his hatred for institutionalism and total- itarianism,expresses his worry about the future of mankind,and condemns in metaphorical terms the killing by the Nazis of millions of Jews during the Sec- ond World War.By investigating the cause for the delay of the production of the play,this essay tries to illuminate Pinter's different attitudes towards poli- tics in his early and late stages.It also tries to show the importance of The Hothouse to the study of the relationship between Pinter and politics.