瓦格纳戏剧美学概述

A Primary Reading of Wagner

作者通过分析瓦格纳的戏剧批评作品及其音乐戏剧作品,总结出瓦格纳戏剧美学体系的五个基本原则:“纯粹人性的”和“必然的”内容,“民族精神”的特质,“整体”的艺术手段结构原则,“即兴”的创作过程,“智慧情感化”的中心任务,并详细阐释了这五条原则的内涵,指出了这些原则在瓦格纳的批评言论和艺术作品中的体现。本文的目的在于解释被称为“瓦格纳主义”的美学体系的最基础部分。

This paper proposes that there are five basic principles of Richard Wagner aesthetical thought after a study of some of his prose works and music plays. They are the ＂purely human＂ and ＂necessary＂ content, the embodiment of volkgeist, the ＂total＂ application of all artistic instruments, ＂improvisation＂, and the ＂emotionalizafion of intellect＂. This paper aims at providing an explanation of the primary part of the so called ＂Wagnerism＂.