论古希腊时期的戏拟创作

作为一种对源文本进行反讽和戏谑地模仿和改写的文学体裁和创作形式,戏拟在西方文学史上形成了一个从古希腊延续至今的创作传统。戏拟创作在古希腊时期就已经颇为繁盛,涌现出大量的优秀作品,其中主要包括三种类型或体裁:模仿史诗、萨提尔戏剧和旧喜剧。作为西方文学史上戏拟创作的初创期和第一个繁盛期,古希腊戏拟创作呈现出与其他时代明显不同的特点。戏拟是古希腊文学中重要的创作形式,它作为当时史诗、悲剧等崇高体裁创作的纠正、补充和制衡性力量,具有非常积极的文学和文化意义。

On Parodic practices in Ancient Greece

Parody is a unique genre and a form of literature practices by means of imitating and rewriting source text with irony and mockery, parodic practices had formed a tradition since ancient Greece in western literary history. Parodies were considerably in the vogue in ancient Greece, where each of the three dorminant forms or genres of paradies has flourished, i.e. mock-epic, satyr play and Greek Old Comedy. Parodies during this seminal historical period and the first bloom in western parodic literature presented several distinct traits. Parody was an important form of literary practice in ancient Greece, it served as a correcting,supplementing and counterpoising force for such higher genres as epic, tragedy etc. , and therefore, a had very positive significance in western literary and cultural history.