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1、江苏省高三英语阅读理解精读（8）WakefieldMaster’sRealismMoreover,insofarasanyinterpretationofitsauthorcanbemadefromthefiveorsixplaysattributedtohim,theWakefieldMasterisuniformlyconsideredtobeamanofsharpcontemporaryobservation.Hewas,formally,perhapsclericallyeducated,ashisLatinandmusic,hisBiblical
2、andpatristicloreindicate.Heis,still,celebratedmainlyforhisquicksympathyfortheoppressedandforgottenman,hissharpeyeforcharacter,areadyearforcolloquialvernacularturnsofspeechandahumoralternatelyrudeandboisterous,coarseandhappy.Hencedespitehisconsciousartistryasmanifestinhisfeelingfor
3、intricatemetricalandstanzaforms,heislookeduponasakindofmedievalSteinbeck,indignantlyangryat,uncompromisinglyandevenbrutallyrealisticinpresentingtheplightoftheagriculturalpoor.Thustakingtheplayandtheauthortogether,itismowfairlyconventionaltoregardtheformerasakindofultimatepointinth
4、esecularizationofthemedievaldrama.HencemuchemphasisonitasdepictingrealisticallyhumblemannersandpastorallifeinthebleakhillsoftheWestRidingofYorkshireonatypicallycoldbightofDecember24th.Afterwhatareoftenregardedasalmost“documentaries”giveninthethreesuccessivemonologuesofthethreeshep
5、herds,criticsgoontoaffirmthattherealismisthenintensifiedintoaburlesquemock-treatmentoftheNativity.Finallyasasortofepilogueorafter-thoughtindeferencetotheBiblicaloriginsofthematerials,theplayslidesbackintoanatavisticmoodofearlyinnocentreverence.Actually,asweshallsee,thefinalsceneis
6、notonlytheculminatingscenebutperhapstheraisond’etreofintroductory“realism.”Thereismuchonthesurfaceofthepresentplaytosupporttheconventionalviewofitsmoodofsecularrealism.Allthesame,the“realism”oftheWakefieldMasterisofaparadoxicalturn.Hiswideknowledgeofpeople,aswellasbooksindicatesno
7、cloisteredcontemplativebutoneincloserelationtohistimes.Still,thatlifewasafterallapredominantlyreligiousone,atimewhichneverneglectedthebeliefthatmanwasarebelliousandsinfulcreatureinneedofredemption,Sodeeply(onecanhardlysay“naively”ofsosophisticatedawriter)andimplicitlyreligiousisth
8、eMasterthatheislessable(orlesswil
