英雄国王的重塑——《空王冠》对莎剧《亨利五世》的改编策略

The Refashioning of a Heroic King--The Hollow Crown’s Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V

《亨利五世》是莎士比亚最受争议的历史剧,学界对亨利五世的形象存在两极化的评论。2012年BBC推出的《空王冠》系列电影以不同的主题动力、叙述策略和话语模式对莎剧《亨利五世》进行改编,通过删减的情节结构、置换的镜像场景和沉默的边缘话语,打破了原剧为相悖性解读存留的空间,消解了对亨利五世否定性评价的基础,重塑了一个情感丰富的英雄国王形象。

Henry V is Shakespeare’s most controversial historical play.There are polarized comments on the image of Henry V in academic circles.In 2012,The Hollow Crown,a series of films launched by BBC,adapted Shakespeare’s Henry V with different thematic dynamics,narrative strategies and discourse modes.Through the deleted plot structure,replaced mirror scenes and silent marginal discourse,the film broke the space left by the original play for the paradoxical interpretations,dispelled the basis of the negative evaluation of Henry V,and refashioned the image of a heroic king with rich emotions.