原始悲剧:中国古典悲剧的理论界定

Primitive Tragedy: the Theoretical Boundary Mark of Chinese Clas sical Tragedy

本文从中国古典悲剧形态的“喜剧性”情结入手 ,通过一种广泛的文化比较研究 ,从民俗学的角度探讨中国古典悲剧与“季节神话”的神话学渊源 ;从哲学的角度探讨中国古典悲剧与儒、道思想的认识论关系 ;从美学的角度探讨中国古典悲剧与尼采悲剧观的“同质”现象 ;从人类学的角度探讨中国古典悲剧的存在意义 ;从而得出中国古典悲剧其实是一种原始悲剧的结论 ,进而指出中国古典悲剧与黑格尔“古典悲剧”的“异质”之处。

Through an analysis of the “comic' complex in a tragic form in Chinese classical literature and “Seasonal Myths' from a folklor e perspective, this article discusses the epistemological connections between Ch inese classical tragedies and Confucian and Taoist ideas from a philosophical pe rspective, and the sameness between Chinese classical tragedies and Nietzsche's ideas on tragedy. It concludes that Chinese classical tragedy is in fact a primi tive tragedy and is different from Hegel's “classical tragedy'. It also gives a brief analysis and discussion of the main Chinese classical tragedies.