双重视角下的《暴风雨》:对神话批评的一种反思

The Tempest in Double Perspectives: A Reflection on Myth Criticism

本文以《暴风雨》为例来评述诺斯洛普.弗莱的神话批评。弗莱的莎剧评论是在神话批评的框架内展开的,在传奇视角下,他将这一剧作看作低级自然向高级自然转化的寓言。但是,伴随着后殖民批评的兴起,对该剧的后殖民式解读亦严重地挑战着这一神话式解读。本文将展现并分析这两种解释路径的冲突,并借用"打断的神话"这一观念为神话阐释的效力与局限问题提供一种说明。

This paper attempts to study Northrop Frye＇s myth criticism through The Tempest. From the perspective of Romance, Frye takes The Tempest as a fable of transformation from lower nature to higher nature. However, with the development of the post-colo- nial theory, the new commentaries on The Tempest have highly challenged the mythical reading. By invoking the idea of ＂the interrupted myth＂, this paper will expound the conflicts between these two different interpretative ways and afford an explanation on the efficiency and limits of myth interpretation.