论《榆树下的欲望》中人物的性格取向与悲剧根源

分析了美国著名剧作家尤金.奥尼尔的早期作品《榆树下的欲望》中的人物所具有的相当复杂的性格结构。从人道主义伦理学家埃.弗洛姆关于人的不同类型的性格取向与个人和家庭幸福的关系理论的角度,探讨该剧中人物悲剧的根源,揭示在当前时代背景下重读《榆》的现实意义。

On the Orientations of the Characters in Desire Under the Elms and the Root of Tragedy

This paper analyzes complicated orientations of the characters in Desire Under the Elms,an early work of Eugene O'Neill, a famous playwright of the U.S. From the perspective of humanistic ethicist Erich Fromm's theory of the relationship between the character orienttions of different types of people and personal and family happiness, this paper discusses the root of the tragedy of the characters in the play and reveals the practical significance of re-reading Desire Under the Elms under the background of the present times.