简论赫罗斯维塔与戏剧

A DISCUSSION ABOUT HROTSVITJA AND DRAMA

赫罗斯维塔,10世纪萨克森盖德海姆修女院的一名修女。一生中,写了六部戏剧,并被后人誉为千年以来第一个知名的女性剧作家。在戏剧创作过程中,她虽效仿了古罗马戏剧家泰伦斯的写作风格,但又有所创新。她大力宣扬基督的仁善,有意识地重塑女性形象,赞美女性的勇敢、贞洁与智慧。虽然她的戏剧没有公演,但对后世的影响颇大。

Hrotsvitha was a nun of Gandersheim nunnery in Saxon. She wrote six dramas in her life and had been thought of as the first female playwright since her times. In the course of her production, she followed the lead of Terence in style, but she innovated in some aspect. While she glorified virtue and morality of Christ, she constructed newly female appearance and spoke highly of braveness, celibacy and wisdom of women. Although her dramas had not been performed, they had great contribution to subsequent dramas.