试析《还给恺撒》的美学风格和象征意义

Rendre à César: Aesthetic Style and Symbolic Significance in a “Tragedia dell' Arte”

《还给恺撒》是尤瑟纳尔根据自己的小说《梦中银币》改编的剧本,中心情节是1933年发生在罗马的一起针对墨索里尼的刺杀事件。在主要人物玛塞拉周围,通过一枚银币在流通过程中的传递,十来个不同身份、年龄的人物先后登场,他们各自的生活际遇以及与刺杀事件之间远近不同的关系,构成了一幅法西斯统治时期意大利社会的生动画卷。该剧糅合了意大利即兴喜剧的某些要素与古典悲剧的精神实质,同时又有别于上述两种戏剧传统,尤瑟纳尔用"意大利即兴悲剧"这一独特称谓,恰如其分地表达了他的文学理念与个人风格。

Rendre à César（ 《还给恺撒》） is a play adapted by Marguerite Yourcenar from her own novel entitled Denier du rêve（ 《梦中银币 》）. The central plot of Rendre à César is an assassination attempt on Mussolini that took place in Rome in 1933. This play depicts a vivid panorama of the Italian society under the Fascist rule through the circulation of a silver coin among ten characters of various ages and social strata. Some elements from Commedia dell＇Arte can be found in this play＇s scenes; however,Yourcenar sets the play＇s background in Rome,＂the Eternal City＂,which symbolizes human adventures that transcend time and space.This play,therefore,approaches classical tragedies through revealing the tragic nature of human condition.