外国文学研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 131-139.

• 莎士比亚研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

论理查三世畸形身体中的动物他性和国体隐喻

王晶   

  • 出版日期:2022-02-25 发布日期:2022-04-29
  • 作者简介:王晶,北京航空航天大学外国语学院在站博士后,主要研究领域为跨文化戏剧和西方戏剧。
  • 基金资助:
    中国博士后科学基金第67批面上资助项目“20世纪爱尔兰西部书写与民族认同研究”(2020M670081)

The Animality and National Allegory in Richard III's Deformity

Wang Jing   

  • Online:2022-02-25 Published:2022-04-29
  • About author:Wang Jing is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University (Beijing 100191 China), specializing in intercultural theatre and Western drama. Email: estellawj@126.com
  • Supported by:
    “A Study on Writing the Irish West and National Identity in 20th Century” (2020M670081) sponsored by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

内容摘要: 莎士比亚的历史剧《理查三世》是英国早期现代社会对畸形身体探究的一个经典文本。在剧中,理查三世的畸形身体被政敌贬损为动物他者,不仅是邪恶和非道德的表征,而且作为修辞载体,隐喻了玫瑰战争时期失序和病态的国体。具有颠覆性的是,理查三世打破了人们对畸形身体的刻板印象,他对身体政治的能动性操演反映出早期现代理性主义和平等主义对等级秩序的破坏和现代主体意识的觉醒。理查三世的复杂形象是政治、宗教、历史和社会偏见共同形塑的结果。

关键词: 威廉·莎士比亚, 《理查三世》, 畸形身体, 动物他性

Abstract: William Shakespeare's history play, Richard III, is a classical text that explores physical deformity in early modern England. In the play, Richard III's deformed body is debased not only as the animal other that embodies evil and immorality, but also as a rhetorical carrier for the disordered and sickly state during the War of the Roses. What is subversive is that Richard III destructs the stereotypes toward deformed body. His dynamic performance of body politics reflects the dismantling of the hierarchical order by the early modern rationalism and egalitarianism on the one hand and, on the other, the awakening of modern subjective consciousness. The complex image of Richard III is constructed, jointly, by politics, religion, history, and social prejudice.

Key words: Shakespeare, Richard III, deformity, animality

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