莎士比亚传奇剧的主题辨析

An Analysis on the Theme of Shakespeare's Legendary Operas

莎士比亚传奇剧的主题是人文主义思想,但不是教条式的人文主义内涵,而是融基督教文化的神秘性、超越性与世俗人本主义于一体的新兴人文主义观,它所强调的仍然是人的主体性与自由意志。莎士比亚传奇剧中所体现的人文主义内涵,其实是当时英国人文主义本质的审美观照。

Conceming for the ultimate fate of mankind, Shakespeare adopts Christian imagery in his legendary operas, which, thus, often result in a misreading that the operas express the theme of Christian reunification. The operas, in fact, are addressed to express the transcendency of humanity and emphasize the initiative and free will of man via the integration of secrecy of Christian culture, transcendental and secular humanism. It is through Christian imagery that the connotation of Shakespeare＇ s humanism has acquired an integrated expression. And such kind of expression was also the nature of the then British Humanist Aesthetic.