夏洛克:边缘的犹太英雄——解读莎剧《威尼斯商人》的宗教文化维度

Shylock: The Marginalized Jewish Hero——Understanding the Religious-Cultural Dimension of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

本文采用当代西方文化研究理论,试图以一种"边缘"和"他者"的新视角,重新阅读莎士比亚经典喜剧《威尼斯商人》,并解读其宗教文化维度。通过这样的解读,可以发现夏洛克实则堪称为犹太文化英雄。他不懈地寻求与犹太文化的认同,执着于犹太身份的自我建构,同时也在勇敢地抵抗基督教文化霸权。

By applying the contemporary western cultural studies theory, this essay intends to re-examine Shakespeare's classic comedy The Merchant of Venice from a religious-cultural perspective and aims at providing a new cultural interpretation of the traditional villain Shylock. It will be argued that Shylock is a marginalized Jewish cultural hero, who staunchly identifies himself with the Jewish culture and heroically asserts his Jewish identity in resisting the Christian cultural hegemony.