中西古典喜剧观之比较

A Comparison between the Chinese and Western Classical Comedies

通过对中西古典喜剧观的比较,认为中西古典喜剧在文化模式、历史生成以及审美文化心理等方面存在异同。在喜剧观上,明显呈现出中国人重讽谏和审美,西方人偏讽刺和视丑。指出中国的喜剧与悲剧都是一定体制范围内的喜剧与悲剧,不存在与悲剧观绝对对立的喜剧观,而西方悲喜剧则有着严格的体系界定,其悲剧表现崇高,喜剧表现卑微,从而使得西方古典喜剧观体现出强烈讽刺与视丑的特征。

As a comparative study of the Chinese and Western classical comedies, this paper holds that they differ greatly in cultural modes, historical generations and aesthetic and cultural psychologies. As far as classical Chinese comedies are concerned, they pay more attention to comic suggestions and beauty than Western comedies, which stress more on satire and comic ugliness. Coexisting in the same social system, classical Chinese comedies and tragedies do not distinguish much from each other in their essence. However, classical Western comedies, unlike tragedies that highlight their sublimity, excel in the delineation of humility. Therefore, they can be best characterized by their strong satire and comic ugliness.