T·S·艾略特批评视野中的但丁和莎士比亚

Dante and Shakespeare Observed from the Critical Horizon of T.S.Elio

艾略特对但丁和莎士比亚的批评文字是西方文学批评史上的重要文献。对于但丁和莎士比亚这两位西方文学界中最伟大的作家,作为批评家的艾略特认为两人的作品在意象特征和表达人类情感的维度等方面存在差异,根本原因在于两人的思想基础存在深层次差异。透过这些评论,结合艾略特的人生经历和性格特征,不难发现他个人更心仪体系型的但丁。

T. S. Eliot has written a couple of important essays on Dante and Shakespeare which occupy an important position in the history of western literary criticism. They are the two greatest writers in the world of western literature. As a critic, Eliot holds that the two great masters differ in the characteristics of images and the dimensions of emotional expression, and the fundamental reason is their difference in the thought background. From this comment, combined with Eliot＇s life experience and characteristic feature, the paper concludes that Eliot more appreciates Dante who owns a systematic thought.