《威尼斯商人》的“原型”故事

The Prototype Story of The Merchant of Venice

《威尼斯商人》是莎士比亚最著名的一部经典喜剧。莎士比亚所有的戏剧创作,都有或单一或多元的素材来源,即对其艺术构思产生直接影响的"原型"故事,《威尼斯商人》也不例外,仔细梳理该剧中的"原型"故事,有利于进一步诠释、理解、研究《威尼斯商人》的创作及其艺术特征。

The Merchlint of Venice is believed to be one of the most famous comedies of Shakespeare, who often created his liter-ary works out of single or multiple material sources--the prototype story casting direct impact on his artistic conception. This isalso the case of The Merchant of Venice. In this paper, the prototype story of the drama is to be explored so as to further inter-pret and analyze the artistic features of the drama.