什麼是喜劇?《辛白林》算是喜劇還是悲劇?莎士比亞的喜劇找得出共同特徵嗎?讓莎士比亞的喜劇與眾不同的關鍵是什麼?喜劇一直是莎士比亞藝術的主導形式,他一直都在思考喜劇,從未滿足於自己在喜劇中完成的目標,希望持續超越已達到的境界。他的喜劇元素已遠超過普世觀點,而且最重要的是,也進入了他的悲劇。打開牛津大學出版社最受歡迎通識讀本,用最簡明的方式一探莎翁的喜劇世界。莎士比亞喜劇不是一種靜態的存在,而是持續的創新,對他來說,喜劇可以是嚴苛的、寬容的、哀傷的、喜慶歡愉的,也可以是緊密的劇情,或者完全沒有故事主線。本書從五個主題切入,探討劇情中的角色和故事走向,以及創作喜劇的手法:★世界:莎士比亞的喜劇無論是發生在森林、宮廷或城市,都有一種如夢似幻的感受,因為故事地點的靈活彈性,扭曲了空間和時間的特性。 ★機智:在莎士比亞喜劇中的笑話,有哪些雙關、雙重意義,以及笑話心理學?★愛:愛不只是莎士比亞喜劇作品中一貫關注的主題,也是他原初的關懷。★時間:莎士比亞在操弄時間上有什麼奇異手法? ★角色:莎士比亞創造喜劇角色的方式,何以讓他有別於同時代以及後世的喜劇創作者?在區分莎士比亞的作品為喜劇或悲劇時,免不了會有爭議,畢竟在他的歷史劇和悲劇中都含有大量喜劇素材,嘗試分類他的劇作清單或提出定義,必然沒有答案。本書進一步追溯莎士比亞喜劇在跨越近四分之一世紀的戲劇變革中,如何不斷地變化。此外,還探討現代舞台和電影如何將他的原著進行無休止的改造。【你是知識控嗎?關於牛津通識課】用最簡明直白的方式,了解現代人最需要知道的大問題。牛津通識課(Very Short Introductions,簡稱VSI)是英國牛津大學出版社(Oxford University Press)的系列叢書,秉持「為所有讀者提供一個可讀性強且包羅萬千的工具書圖書館」的信念,於1995年首次推出,多年來已出版近700本讀物,內容涉及歷史、神學、藝術、哲學、文學、醫學、自然科學、政治等數十多種領域。每一本書對應一個主題,由該領域公認的專家撰寫,篇幅簡潔精煉,並提供進一步深度閱讀的建議,確保讀者讀完後能建立該主題的專業級知識框架。
什麼是悲劇?為何人們會喜歡悲劇?莎士比亞的作品中有無可定義的悲劇理論?「悲劇」和「單純結局不幸」有何區別?莎士比亞悲劇的核心魅力在於,它讓我們正視人類生存的終極現實:快樂與悲傷、愛與恨的交織、善良與殘酷的衝突、無可避免的死亡、人性中固有的苦難。藉由思忖人類共同的難題,或許能使我們從悲劇中獲得激勵和慰藉,甚至為之陶醉。打開牛津大學出版社最受歡迎通識讀本,用最簡明的方式一探莎翁的悲劇世界。對於人性的難題,莎士比亞的悲劇並未提供輕鬆的答案,他建構悲劇的方式,通常是對劇中角色和行為提出反諷的喜劇觀點,以喜劇融合悲劇,這種手法呈現出對於複雜人性的真實感受。莎士比亞試圖以戲劇形式加深對生命與死亡的探索,本書以他最具代表的十部悲劇為主,剖析劇情、結構、起源、戲劇風格,以及對他個人的影響;解讀每部悲劇中的隱約相互關係、深具尖銳特質的警世格言,以及數個世紀以來,帶給不同世代表演者的契機與挑戰:★《哈姆雷特》從頭到尾貫徹著喜劇的元素?主角哈姆雷特比羅密歐更自我質疑?★馬克白的自我毀滅比理查三世更內斂? ★與泰特斯.安特洛尼特斯相比,李爾王陷入瘋狂的心理過程更符合邏輯?★《羅密歐與茱麗葉》是一部關於愛的雙重悲劇,當中如何容納了浪漫劇與喜劇元素?在現代表演中,為何經常要將故事情節刪減六百至七百行?★「種族」一直是《奧賽羅》這部戲劇的重要議題,在不同時代的舞台上,這個議題有什麼含意與轉變?……若說喜劇是指那些讓人發笑、或多或少有個快樂結局的戲劇,那麼談到悲劇時,是否就是指「結局不愉快,且通常有一位或多個主要人物死亡的故事」?由於缺乏一種能定義的悲劇理論來探討莎士比亞戲劇中符合「悲劇」的要素,本書以劇作進行單獨討論分析,藉此讓讀者享受每部作品的獨特性,感受莎士比亞悲劇的影響力,甚至是樂趣。【你是知識控嗎?關於牛津通識課】用最簡明直白的方式,了解現代人最需要知道的大問題。牛津通識課(Very Short Introductions,簡稱VSI)是英國牛津大學出版社(Oxford University Press)的系列叢書,秉持「為所有讀者提供一個可讀性強且包羅萬千的工具書圖書館」的信念,於1995年首次推出,多年來已出版近700本讀物,內容涉及歷史、神學、藝術、哲學、文學、醫學、自然科學、政治等數十多種領域。每一本書對應一個主題,由該領域公認的專家撰寫,篇幅簡潔精煉,並提供進一步深度閱讀的建議
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