罗伯特“诗意人生”的美学诠释

An Aesthetic Interpretation of Robert’s“Poetical Life”

美国现代戏剧巨擘尤金·奥尼尔的成名作《天边外》是一部以主人公罗伯特梦起梦灭为主题的文学作品。在这部充满了浪漫诗情的剧本中,奥尼尔彰显出一位悲剧大师在塑造悲剧人物时的艺术自觉和美学意识。他力求艺术的真实模式,关注人们精神层面的彷徨与哀伤,并以诗意的方式歌颂人在残酷命运面前的高贵与从容。在文本细读的基础上结合美学理论对罗伯特至纯至美的"诗意人生"予以评述,不仅更深层次地揭示了该部作品的思想内涵与美学意蕴,同时也拓展了该剧的探索空间和力度。

The famous play Beyond the Horizon,written by the best-known American dramatist Eugene O’Neill, is the great literary work with the theme of protagonist Robert’s dream and disillusion. In this poetic and romantic play,Eugene O’Neill manifests the artistic consciousness as well as aesthetic awareness of a tragedy master in shaping tragic characters. He,who seeks for the true model of art,focuses on people’s turmoil mind and inward grief,and poetically extols their nobility and calmness embodied in the face of ruthless fate. Based textual analysis on aesthetic theories, the paper aims at interpreting Robert’s pure and beautiful poetical life. It not only unveils the connotation and aesthetic implication of the play,but also enlarges the scope and strength of research.