从亚氏的悲剧情节论看中国古典悲剧——以《赵氏孤儿》和《窦娥冤》为例

On Chinese Classical Tragedies from Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy Plot——Taking Orphan and Snow in Midsummer as Examples

无论是在东方还是西方的戏剧史上,悲剧都占据着重要的地位。西方著名的悲剧有古希腊悲剧、莎士比亚悲剧,而中国亦有《赵氏孤儿》《窦娥冤》等悲剧的杰作。亚里士多德是西方第一个完整提出悲剧理论的人,他的理论对西方悲剧的发展产生了不可忽视的影响。本文将以亚氏的悲剧情节理论来分析中国古典悲剧名篇《赵氏孤儿》和《窦娥冤》,找出东西方悲剧中的契合之处,探究悲剧魅力之所在。

Tragedy occupies an important position in the history of Drama both in the east and west. The west world has famous ancient Greek tragedy and Shakespeare＇ s tragedies while China has tragedy masterpieces, such as Orphan and Snow in Midsummer. Tragedy theory, firstly put forward by Aristotle, has an unneglectable influence on the development of western tragedy. The paper will analyze Chinese classical tragedy masterpieces, Orphan and Snow in Midsummer from the perspective of ＂the theory of tragedy plot＂, in order to find the correspondence between tragedies in the east and west, and probe into the charm of tragedies.