Dying for Love in The Peony Pavilion and Romeo and Juliet 英语专业毕业论文

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1、DyingforLoveinThePeonyPavilionandRomeoandJulietIntroductionThePeonyPavilionandRomeoandJulietaretwoextraordinarycanonicalworksaboutfeverishloveontheinternationalstageofdrama.ThePeonyPavilionwaswrittenin1598bythefamousChinesedramatistTangXianzuoftheMingDynasty.Ithasbeenreferredtobysomecri

2、ticsastheChineseversionofWilliamShakespeare'sRomeoandJuliet,whichwaswrittenjusttwoyearsearlierin1596.TangXianzu(1550-1617)andWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616),werecontemporarieslivinginvastlydifferentcultures.Inthetwoworksunderstudyinthispaper,thesharedthemeoftheheroandtheheroinepursuinggen

3、uineloverelentlessly,eventothesacrificeofdeath,formsaveryinterestingperspectivefromwhichwecanconsiderthewayinwhichdyingforloveispresentedintwosignificantworksofWesternandEasterndrama.NotesIwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationtoMarciaMcDonaldandJamesWells,bothShakespeareanscholarsatBelmontUn

4、iversity,toDavidJonesoftheSoutheastRegionalConferenceofAsianStudies,toDaoistspecialistRonnieLittlejohnofBelmontUniversity,andtoFarleyRichmondoftheUniversityofGeorgiafortheirmanysuggestionsandimprovementsinthispaper.Thetwotextsbothillustratetheuniversalsubjectoflove.Bothdramasdepictthefe

5、rventloveandburningpassionofayoungcouple.Bothtextsexploretherelationshipbetweenloveanddeathandthevaluablemeaningcreatedbyloversdyingforlove.Inthesetwoworksdeathturnsouttobethesacrificerequiredastheremedyforloverswhocannothavetheirbeloved.InthiscomparisonofthesetwoworksIwillfirstprovidea

6、noverviewofeachtext.SincethispaperwasfirstdeliveredonJanuary13,2005atTheHawaiiInternationalConferenceonArtsandHumanities,co-sponsoredbytheEastWestCouncilforEducationandtheAsia-PacificInstituteofPekingUniversity,IfeltthatIshouldofferanoverviewofbothtexts.ItseemedtomethatperhapssomeWester

7、nreadersmightnotbefamiliarwithThePeonyPavilionandsomeChinesereadersmightrequireareminderaboutthebasicsofRomeoandJuliet.Then,Iwillreconstructhoweachplayutilizestheideaofdyingforlove,givingmoreextendeddiscussionofThePeonyPavilion.Afterlayingthisgroundwork,Iwillpursuemyprincipalob