As You Like It——莎士比亚:大众文化的回归

As You Like It: Shakespeare's,the Return of Mass Culture

莎士比亚作为一代戏剧大师之所以是伟大的,原因就在于他留给同时代人或后来者的宝贵的戏剧文学遗产可以做不同向度的解读和阐释。从大众文化的视角对莎士比亚戏剧和电影进行研究是当下莎学领域的一个新课题。从公共剧场里的大众文化、象牙塔内的精英文化、媒介传播中的大众文化和后现代的消费文化四个方面,分析、论述了莎士比亚从伊丽莎白时代的剧场的大众文化到19世纪的学术精英文化,再到后现代的大众文化的回归,指出莎士比亚作品从"俗"到"雅",又从"雅"到"俗"的发展过程。同时,还分析了媒介传播对莎士比亚作品走出象牙之塔的利与弊。

As a great dramatist Shakespeare has passed down a splendid cultural and literary heritage that can be interpreted in various perspectives. It is a new task at present to study Shakespeare＇s drama and film from the angle of view of mass culture. This thesis focuses on the reception spiral from popular culture to elite culture and to post-modern culture, and meanwhile analyses the advantages and disadvantages of film for bringing Shakespeare out of the ivory tower.