“地狱时期”:斯特林堡“梦剧”创作的必经阶段

The Inferno Period: A Must for Strindberg's Dream Plays

"地狱时期"是斯特林堡50岁左右陷入"重大精神危机",不事戏剧创作,并在潦倒窘迫中沉迷于"炼金术"的一段时期。斯特林堡在这段时期里是否罹患了精神疾病,目前尚无定论。"地狱时期"看似干扰和影响了其文艺创作,实则为他后来的"梦剧"创作提供了转向的机会。如果说"梦剧"代表了斯特林堡的最高成就,那么之前他跌入人生最低谷的时候就已经有意无意地为后来的重新崛起做准备了。"天问"是"梦剧"的最终呈现形式,而"地狱—炼狱—复活—天问"是"梦剧"创作必须依次经历的各个思想阶段。

The inferno period indicates that Strindberg suffered terribly from psychic attacks and was addicted to alchemy instead of his writing in his poverty. Actually, there is no final medical conclusion about his mental suffering. The inferno crisis definitely disturbed his playwriting on the one hand and on the other hand, it provided him with an opportunity to turn to his dream plays, which is regarded as a good preparation for his reviving as a colossus among playwrights from the valley of his life. ＂Pursuing eternity＂ is the final form of his dream plays and the process of ＂inferno-purgatory-revival-pursuing＂ is the sequence for the growth of thoughts in his playwriting.