莎乐美情结的文化阐释——解析19世纪末欧洲的莎乐美现象

作为《圣经》＂施洗约翰之死＂故事里的无名公主,莎乐美原型激发了19世纪末欧洲诸多文学家、艺术家的创作激情与灵感。在不断被重现和改写的过程中,莎乐美从一个扁平的边缘人物演变成一个丰满的艺术形象,其中以王尔德在其剧作《莎乐美》中创作的唯美一颓废主义形象最为著名,她成了莎乐美在美术、音乐和舞蹈领域的经典形象。莎乐美的流行在19世纪末的欧洲形成了一种特殊的文化现象,展现出文学家艺术家对莎乐美情有独钟的创作情结,反映了当时的社会文化背景对文艺创作的巨大影响。本文从宗教因素、东方主义、性别政治、审美主义等几个角度对莎乐美情结进行文化上的阐释。

Being a nameless princess in ＂The Death of John the Baptist＂ in the Bible, the prototype of Salome inspired passion and creativity of many writers and artists in the fin-de-siecle Europe. In their reproductions and representations, Salome evolved from a flat nobody into an artistic image with profound connotations. The aesthetic and decadent image created by Oscar Wilde in his drama Salome was the most popular in the world, which helped form her classical images in the fields of fine arts, music and dance. The prevalence of Salome became a special cultural phenomenon in the fin-de-siecle Europe, which represents a Salome complex of those writers and artists and reflects the great impact on literature and art by the social and cultural backgrounds of that era. This paper is an interpretation of the Salome complex from different cultural dimensions, such as religion, Orientalism, gender politics and aestheticism.