在解构中批判与重塑——新历史主义视阈中的《汉密尔顿》

Criticism and Recreation in the Deconstruction: Reading of Hamilton from the Perspective of Neo-Historicism

音乐剧《汉密尔顿》荣获2016年美国普利策戏剧奖。该剧以美国建国之父汉密尔顿为蓝本,通过对历史事件、人物与话语的解构,有力地抨击了当下美国社会在文明的表象背后所隐藏着的种族、性别与移民歧视等问题,借此重塑了建国之父、三位女性、外来移民形象,也重塑了公众的历史观。从新历史主义视角来看,《汉密尔顿》借助于颠覆性戏剧内容和现代黑人流行嘻哈说唱艺术,成功地创造了新的历史文本,为未来历史研究提供了新媒介。

Hamilton,a musical which won 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is based on the real story of the founding father Hamilton. Through the deconstruction of historical event, people and discourse, Hamilton strongly lashes out the current problems of race, gender and discrimination of the immigrants behind the glory of American civilization, which in turn recreates a new image for the founding father, three women and immigrants to the US, and more, changes the view of the public over that history. Looking from the perspective of Neo-historicism, Hamilton, with its subversive content and Hip-hop art, has successfully created a fresh historical text, which will consequently provide a new means for the future study of the history.