试论清教主义与早期美国戏剧的冲突

认真关注一下美国文学史,我们不难发现一个奇怪的文学现象:即在欧洲大陆与亚洲大陆蓬勃发展的戏剧,在美国却迟迟难以起步。较之其小说和诗歌,戏剧的发展相当滞后。本文从历史文献入手,对清教主义与戏剧的本质进行分析。从而得出,在美国的殖民时期以及独立战争时期,历史的特定性使得清教主义与戏剧不可避免地发生了冲突,在一定程度上阻碍了早期美国戏剧的发展。

The strange phenomenon of American literature history is that,drama,which is blooming in both Europe and Asia,lags far more behind novel and poetry.Based on historical materials,this paper tentatively analyses the essence of Puritanism and drama,pointing out that certain history caused the conflict between the two and eventually resulted in the difficult situation of early American drama.