“谁能够告诉我我是什么人?”——悲剧《李尔王》中人物与读者的距离变化

“Who Can Tell Me Who I Am?”: Change in Distance between the Author and the Readers in Shakespeare's Tragedy King Lear

莎士比亚的悲剧《李尔王》中的同名主人公,是一个性格发生了巨大变化的人物,其在读者对人物的接受中经历了巨大的变化:从开头人物在价值、道德、理智、情感、思想等诸方面远离读者,到最终与读者几乎在所有这些方面都融为一体,作品中隐含的作者所展示出的信念与规范,和读者之间的信念与规范逐渐趋于一致。这种理想的距离变化取得了很好的艺术效果,它对人物形象的塑造,作品意义的深化,都起到了重要的作用。

King Lear,the protagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear,experiences dramatic changes both in character and in acceptance by its readers.At first,King Lear seems to stand at some distance from its readers in terms of ethics,value,rationality,emotion and thought,but finally the readers have accepted all aspects of him,a reflection of the author's conviction and criteria merging into the readers'.This ideal change in distance between the author and the readers helps produce satisfactory artistic effects and plays a key role in the creation of the characters and the enhancement of its theme.