简析吉川幸次郎《元杂剧研究》之精神史特色

An Analysis of the Spiritual Qualities of The Research of Yuan Dynasty Drama by Yoshikawa Kojiro

日本汉学家吉川幸次郎的《元杂剧研究》是一部从精神史的角度研究元杂剧的力著。吉川拓展了杂剧的研究领域,透过听众和作者的社会背景模式分析了元杂剧产生和发展的重要原因,将其提高到精神史的层次,分析了元代的社会风气和时代精神的变迁。从语言学和杂剧的结构入手分析杂剧,认为元代的社会风气及汉人的时代精神决定杂剧的特征及发展更是吉川研究的特色。

Yoshikawa Kojiro＇s The Research of Yuan Dynasty Drama analyzed the drama by reviewing the development of Chinese spiritual history. He opened up a new approach, and through analysis of the social background of the audience and the dramatists, he proved that social atmosphere and the spirits of the time made a great contribution to the production and development of Yuan Drama. He studied linguistics and the structures of Yuan Drama and by using Chinese spiritual history as a key factor, he tried to show that the literary characteristics of Yuan Drama were decided by the social atmosphere of Yuan Dynasty and the spirit of the time of the Han people. As Yoshikawa said, The Research of Yuan Dynasty Drama is a process of reaching the Chinese history of spirit and an aspect of integrated Chinese history of spirit.