浅析尤金·奥尼尔悲剧意识成因

On the Causes of Eugene O'neil's Tragic Awareness

作为美国戏剧的奠基人,尤金·奥尼尔创作了多部优秀的戏剧作品。然而在作家的创作生涯中,我们会发现他的作品基本都是悲剧。奥尼尔以其敏锐的洞察力和对生命的深刻体验赋予了这些悲剧作品丰富的艺术内涵,并引起了广大读者的共鸣。本文将结合作者所处社会背景、所受哲学思想和个人经历三方面来讨论奥尼尔悲剧意识的成因。

As the pioneer of the American drama, Eugene O＇Neill created many excellent dramatic works. However, in his writing career, it is noted that nearly all his works are tragedies. With acute insight and deep understanding, O＇Neill endows his works with rich artistic meanings, which arouses the echo in the readers. Through analyzing the social background the author lived, the philosophical thoughts he got and his personal experience, the paper tries to discuss the causes of O＇ Neill＇s tragic consciousness.