论《李尔王》中的“疯癫”艺术.docVIP

论《李尔王》中的“疯癫”艺术 　　摘 nbsp; 要：疯癫是莎士比亚戏剧中的一个重要主题。本文通过分析《李尔王》中的三个疯癫人物李尔，爱德加和弄人，揭示了莎士比亚戏剧中疯癫艺术的主要特征：寓理性于疯癫中，在疯癫中实现人物道德的完善， 并通过疯癫话语批判了黑暗的社会现实。 中国论文网 /7/view-7182273.htm 　　关键词：《李尔王》;疯癫;理性;道德完善 　　中图分类号：I561.073 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;文献标识码：A nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;文章编号：1005-5312（2015）35-0002-03 　　一、Introduction 　　 Shakespeare is a great dramatist and poet in Renaissance. One of the important themes in Shakespeares plays is the madness. He has many portraits of madness， and he returned to the theme again and again. Madness concerns with diseased bodies， abnormal behavior， and diseased minds. Madness represents a loss of control， of being borne by unnatural impulses， drives and， perhaps， voices. Being mad is to have lost touch with humanity， with life and with reality. But madness in Shakespeares plays is not only that. “Foucault considers the development of the literary representation of madness by Shakespeare and Cervantes. Madness in King Lear and Don Quixote becomes a kind of ultimate limit.” （Stultifera Navis） He once said that Shakespeares and Cervantes’s experiences of madness are vital to understanding seventeenth century literary madness. Foucault feels that madness was a way of expressing and locating concerns about the darker side of life and fear about the end of the world. Shakespeare was not limited to a single book in his understanding of madness. The issue of madness is one of major importance in his plays. 　　二、Mad Characters in King Lear 　　 In King Lear， the madmen include King Lear， Edgar， and Lear’s Fool. King Lear totally loses his power at the hands of his cruel daughters， Regan and Goneril. Lear is driven insane by a series of shocks. First， he is deeply hurt by Goneril who breaks her promise and treat her father cruelly. The conflict with Goneril makes him very angry. The second great shock comes in the second act when Lear finds Kent in the stocks. This causes the first physical symptoms of hysteria， “O！ how this mother swells up toward my heart;