柏拉图散文剧:超越古希腊戏剧的第四种戏剧文本创作

Plato's Prose Drama——the Fourth Dramatic Text in Ancient Greece

公元前四世纪的雅典出现了有别于古希腊三种戏剧诗的第四种戏剧——柏拉图散文剧。柏拉图散文剧的文本主要是"苏格拉底对话",其中存在着戏剧性的元素——代言体对话、行动摹仿。柏拉图散文剧既有悲剧的严肃,也有喜剧的机智风趣,还有萨提洛斯剧的闹剧因素,成为古希腊戏剧诗的丰富与补充。柏拉图是古希腊第一位散文剧作家。

As the fourth dramatic text in ancient Greece Platonic prose drama emerged in Athens in the 4th century B.C. Some basic characteristics of his prose dialogues prove that there exist dramatic elements in the Socratic Discourses, i.e. endorsement of dialogue and imitation of action. Plato was the first prose drama writer in ancient Greece and his writings which embrace tragic seriousness, comic witty, and satiric farce had become an enrichment and complement to the ancient Greek drama.