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1、ShakespeareintheTropics:FromHighModernismtoNewHistoricismAuthor(s):RichardHalpernSource:Representations,No.45(Winter,1994),pp.1-25Publishedby:UniversityofCaliforniaPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2928600.Accessed:27/08/201122:13YouruseoftheJSTORa
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4、s.http://www.jstor.orgRICHARDHALPERNShakespeareintheTropics:FromHighModernismtoNewHistoricismONEOFTHEODDERmomentsintheannalsofbardolatryissurelysuppliedbyLautreamont:"Chaquefoisquej'ailuShakespeare,ilm'asemblequejedechiquetelacervelled'unjaguar"(EverytimeIr
5、eadShakespeare,itseemedtomethatIwashackingajaguar'sbrainstobits.)'Iftheselineshaveacrypticappeal,ithaslittletodowiththeirabilitytogenerateanyflashofsympatheticrecognition.WhateverpleasuresorintensitieswemayexperiencewhenreadingShakespeare,weprobablydon'tfee
6、lquitelikethat;mostofussimplycan'tsqueezefromShakespeare'sbrain,orajaguar's,theperverseecstasyfeltbyLautreamont.Butthealienatingstrategiesofthispassagetouchonmorethantheexperienceofreading,forthepresenceofthejaguareffectsaradicalseriesofgeographicalandcultu
7、raldisplacements.Shakespeare,theflowerofEuropeanculture,findshimselftransplantedtoatropicallocale;indeed,theverynotionofcultureitself,asdefinedinWesterntraditions,giveswaytoapointedly"savage"or"primitive"actinthehackingofthejaguar'sbrains.Despiteitsdreamlik
8、eintensityandcondensation,Lautreamont'slinkingofShakespeareandtheprimitiveisnotentirelyanomalous.AntoninArtaud,forone,wouldalsoadmiretheviolently"primitive"qualitiesofEnglishRenaissancedramaandcomparei