田纳西·威廉斯作品中隐晦的同性恋内容研究
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美国作家田纳西·威廉斯(1911-1983)的一些重要作品长期以来没有得到正确的理解。威廉斯生前是一位同性恋。在艺术创作中,他极力表现自己深切体会的同性恋心态。但是,美国文化中长期以来存在着对同性恋的禁忌,在麦卡锡主义期间更发展成为针对同性恋的清除运动。戏剧这门公共程度很高的艺术长期以来是公开表现同性恋题材的禁区。在二十世纪四、五十年代,即便是隐蔽的表现也往往会招致媒体监督机关的惩罚与社会的谴责。为了避免自己的作品被封杀,威廉斯在借鉴前人或同时期其他同性恋艺术家的做法的同时,也创造了一些自己独特的逃避检查的技巧。虽然这些方法都比较成功,他在戏剧中既表现自己渴望表现的同性恋题材,同时也没有招致检查机关的惩罚,但是,这种极其隐蔽的表现也为观众正确理解他的戏剧制造了障碍,甚至使得研究和批评界对他的作品长期存在误解。 从同性恋角度出发对田纳西·威廉斯戏剧的研究起步较晚。虽然约翰·克拉姆与大卫·塞弗兰在二十世纪八十年代末、九十年代初的研究引起了相当的关注,但近年来,有深度的研究仍然屈指可数。由于批评界对威廉斯戏剧中同性恋主题挖掘有限,一些学者甚至避而远之,所以,不仅他的一些重要剧作没有得到正确理...
【文章页数】：129 页
【学位级别】：博士
【文章目录】：
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Abstract in Chinese
Introduction
Chapter Ⅰ The Presentation of Homosexuality
1.1 The Historical and Culture Background
1.2 The Path Williams Chose to Tread
1.2.1 The Homosexuals Who Are Dead—but Talking
1.2.2 The Homosexuals Who Are Only Apparently Condemned
1.2.3 The Male Body That Becomes the Object of Desire
1.2.4 The Homosexuals Who Wear a Uniform
1.2.5 Hide-and-Seek That Proves More Effective in Revelation
1.2.6 Women Who Are More than the Usual Sisters
Chapter Ⅱ The Homosexual Subtext in Three Major Plays
2.1 Tom Should Have the Spotlight, Not Laura
2.2 Blanche Was Shattered by the Homophobic Society,Not Stanley
2.3 Brick Is the Cat on the Hot Tin Roof, Not Maggie
Chapter Ⅲ The Hypocrites and the Paragon
3.1 Archie Lee—an Illustration of the Anglo-Saxon Degeneration
3.2 Jabe Torrance—a Hades-like Southern Patriarch
3.3 Big Daddy—a Paragon in Williams’Utopia
Chapter Ⅳ The Savior and the Saint
4.1 Valentine Xavier—the Savior
4.2 Sebastian Venable—the Saint
Chapter Ⅴ The Portrait of the Artist as a Homosexual
5.1 The Overall Image
5.2 The Fugitive Kind
5.3 The Lonely Heart
5.4 The Deviant and Creative Mind
5.5 The Forlorn Soul Yearning for Understanding
Conclusion
Works Consulted and Cited
本文编号：3794080
【文章页数】：129 页
【学位级别】：博士
【文章目录】：
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Abstract in Chinese
Introduction
Chapter Ⅰ The Presentation of Homosexuality
1.1 The Historical and Culture Background
1.2 The Path Williams Chose to Tread
1.2.1 The Homosexuals Who Are Dead—but Talking
1.2.2 The Homosexuals Who Are Only Apparently Condemned
1.2.3 The Male Body That Becomes the Object of Desire
1.2.4 The Homosexuals Who Wear a Uniform
1.2.5 Hide-and-Seek That Proves More Effective in Revelation
1.2.6 Women Who Are More than the Usual Sisters
Chapter Ⅱ The Homosexual Subtext in Three Major Plays
2.1 Tom Should Have the Spotlight, Not Laura
2.2 Blanche Was Shattered by the Homophobic Society,Not Stanley
2.3 Brick Is the Cat on the Hot Tin Roof, Not Maggie
Chapter Ⅲ The Hypocrites and the Paragon
3.1 Archie Lee—an Illustration of the Anglo-Saxon Degeneration
3.2 Jabe Torrance—a Hades-like Southern Patriarch
3.3 Big Daddy—a Paragon in Williams’Utopia
Chapter Ⅳ The Savior and the Saint
4.1 Valentine Xavier—the Savior
4.2 Sebastian Venable—the Saint
Chapter Ⅴ The Portrait of the Artist as a Homosexual
5.1 The Overall Image
5.2 The Fugitive Kind
5.3 The Lonely Heart
5.4 The Deviant and Creative Mind
5.5 The Forlorn Soul Yearning for Understanding
Conclusion
Works Consulted and Cited
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