A Comparative Study of the Tragic Features in Beyond the Horizon and The Remote Town
Abstract
Beyond the Horizon and The Remote Town are two celebrated modern tragedies both published at the beginning of the 20th century. Although they belong to different literary genres and are based of different culture backgrounds, they have great affinities in protagonists, structure, motif, tragic collisions etc.
This thesis consists of three parts. The first part introduces Eugene O’Neill’s view of tragedy and Shen Congwen’s understanding of tragedy. The other two parts analyze the similarities and differences of the tragic features in Beyond the Horizon and The Remote Town. With the comparative study of the tragic features in the two works, we tend to develop the idea that though China and the West do not have the same tragedy tradition, the do share some similarities in understanding and creating modern tragedy. The differences of the two works also demonstrate that modern tragedy has a more complex and variable form according to different cultures, understandings and literary traditions.
Key Words: modern tragedy; Beyond the Horizon; The Remote Town; similarity; difference
摘 要
《天边外》和《边城》这两部作品都是210世纪初解除的现代悲剧作品。虽然植根于不同的文化背景，属于不同的文体，但两部作品在人物、结构、主题和悲剧冲突等方面都有着惊人的`相似。
本文共有3部分。第1部分介绍了尤金•奥尼尔和沈从文两位作家对悲剧的理解。其它两部分分别阐述了《天边外》与《边城》两部作品在悲剧性方面的相似点和差异之处。通过对两部作品悲剧性的比较研究，本文试论证了虽然中国和西方的有着不同的悲剧传统，但他们在现代悲剧的理解和创作上确有相似之处；两部作品在悲剧性上的差异也表明了由于不同的文化和文学传统，现代悲剧可以有复杂多样的表现形式。
关键词： 现代悲剧、《天边外》、《边城》、相似、区别
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