| 摘 要： | On Schiller＇s Aesthetics of Drama --His Theory of Comedy
ZHA NG Yu-neng （College of Chinese Language and Literature,Central China Normal University,Wuhan,Hubei,430079） Abstract： Throughout his life Schiller never wrote a comedy or an essay specifically on comedy. His limited discussion of comedy, however, formed the most unique theories of comedy and comedy aesthetics in the history of Western Aesthetics and literary theory. Schiller thinks tragedy ranks higher than comedy in terms of dramatic subject and objectives, but seen from the freedom of representation comedy should be superior to tragedy. Comedy represents the beautiful mind, and helps maintain the freedom of soul, but the comedian pursues an even higher purpose, which, once achieved, will make all tragedies become redundant. Schiller＇s theories of comedy and comedy aesthetics ended the classical comedy theory which degrades comedy and comedy art, and returned comedy to its due position, sublime purpose and great function. Key words： aesthetics of drama;drama ;comedy ;theory of comedy; aesthetics of comedy
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