脅迫背后彰顯權力欲望——從“威脅喜劇”看品特對人性的探索

1、南京師范大學碩士學位論文脅迫背后:彰顯權力欲望——從“威脅喜劇”看品特對人性的探索姓名：黃娟申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：外國語言文學；英語語言文學指導教師：王曉英2009-05-11Abstract iiAbstract Harold Pinter（1930—2008）, the winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, is widely viewed as the most influ

2、ential and accomplished playwright after Bernard Shaw in Britain. He has made a unique contribution to the modern dramatic art with his Comedies of Menace. Taking menace as its clue, this thesis tries to discuss the the

3、me of Pinter’s early plays entitled the Comedies of Menace. Through a detailed analysis of various patterns of menace suffered by main characters in those plays, the thesis points out that Pinter’s own experiences in chi

4、ldhood help to form his basic recognition of the world around him, so that in his belief, menace is the basic characteristic of the relationship between people, which accordingly forces him into the deep thought over cau

5、ses behind menace. By exploring Pinter’ means to perform menace in his plays and analyzing the reasons why those means are able to be effective, this thesis indicates that what Pinter found out behind menace is man’s inn

6、er power desire. The complex conflicts between characters, the patterns of isolated human relationship, and the ambiguity between winner and loser shown in Pinter’s Comedies of Menace illustrate the power desire lying in

7、 everyone’s heart. Pinter has never been a callous writer. In his unique way, Pinter not only shows his insight into human nature, but also expresses his strong concern about the current situation of human beings and ex

8、pects readers to see and comprehend the truth that he has found out. What’s more, just because of his deep understanding of human nature, it is possible for Pinter to perform the theme of menace as accurate as possible a