莎士比亚戏剧的历史意识

莎士比亚作品中关于神圣性与世俗性的双重特质,是由其所处16世纪、17世纪的历史意识决定的,而戏剧艺术关于时间和空间的综合性特征恰恰又为展现莎剧这一独特风貌提供了有效的创作载体。本文试从中世纪与文艺复兴间断裂与延续的关系视角出发,从断裂,延续,非断裂、非延续的三种历史意识的角度来阐释莎士比亚戏剧中神圣性与世俗性之间的互动关系。
Abstract：It is acknowledged academically that the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries, which Shakespeare experienced, were named in three ways: early Modern, late Medieval Ages, and the transition from middle ages to modern times. Therefore, three chronological sequential positions are set for Renaissance when defining Shakespeare as a Renaissance Artist: Shakespeare belongs to early Modern, late Medieval Ages and follows the transition from middle ages to modern times. These chronological sequences reflect three different kinds of historical consciousness in Shakespeare's plays about the relation between Medieval Ages and Renaissance: separated, continuous or neither. This essay will explore the interactive relation of holiness and secularity in Shakespeare's plays from a historical consciousness perspective.