“寻梦”与“追爱”——论《牡丹亭》与《仲夏夜之梦》的共性与差异

Seeking Dreams,Pursuing Love——On The Peony Pavilion and A Midsummer Night's Dream

在中西戏剧史上,《牡丹亭》和《仲夏夜之梦》都是借助"梦"的形式来反抗封建婚姻思想,追求爱情自由和个性的解放。但是由于作家创作的社会历史条件、文化背景和语境的不同,其个体思想与审美亦存在差异。在"爱"的主题上,《仲夏夜之梦》相比于《牡丹亭》对"爱"的觉醒更早;在"梦"的表达方式上,《牡丹亭》相比《仲夏夜之梦》的叙事情节更加单一。中西戏剧美学形态的共性和差异在这两部戏剧中得到了充分的体现。

In the history of Chinese and Western drama, Peony Pavilion and Midsummer Night＇s Dream are expressing the themes of resisting the feudalist mentality regarding marriage, and the pursuit of freedom of love and personality liberation with the assistance of the form of dreams. However, due to the differences of the social and historical conditions, cultural backgrounds and social contexts of the writers, as well as the divergence between individual thoughts and aesthetics in terms of the themes of love in the two plays, Midsummer Night＇s Dream is more advanced than The Peony Pavilion; and in terms of the expression of dream, The Peony Pavilion is simpler than Midsummer Night＇s Dream in its plotline. The similarities and differences between Chinese and Western theatrical aesthetics are fully reflected in the two plays.