摘要
英裔美国作家奥登的第一部歌剧脚本《保罗·班扬》以美国民间传说中的伐木巨人为主题,有评论家认为该剧对美国历史的处理过于简单化,因而歪曲了历史.通过细究该剧中的神话书写与历史书写,可知《保罗·班扬》不仅诗化地折射出美国早期历史中人与自然的斗争,还在多处影射20世纪三四十年代的美国历史,而将二者串联起来的是"美国梦".《保罗·班扬》以目标观众喜闻乐见的戏剧和音乐形式讲述了一个人们应如何对待梦想的故事,体现了奥登成熟期的历史观.
Abstract
W.H.Auden's first libretto,Paul Bunyan,which centers on the stories of a giant logger in American folklore,was criticized for its simplistic-and,therefore,distorted-treatment of American history.Through a careful investigation of how myth and history are presented in the work,it is evident that Paul Bunyan not only reflects poetically the struggle between mankind and nature in early American history,but alludes to American history of the 1930s and 1940s.What connects these two separate phases of American history is the American Dream.Utilizing popular dramatic and musical forms,Paul Bunyan tells the story of how people should deal with their dreams,which reflects Auden's mature view of history,to its target audience.
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