精神空虚-《进入黑夜的漫长旅程》中蒂龙一家悲剧研究_英语论文

Spiritual Emptiness: A Study of the Tyrones’ Tragedy in Long Day’s Journey into Night

摘要

《进入黑夜的漫长旅程》是尤金·奥尼尔一部伟大的悲剧作品。剧作描绘了深陷孤独、自责和相互指责、愧疚和懊恼中的泰龙一家。这个具有强烈自传性的剧本，反映了奥尼尔对人生和社会的悲观主义情绪。本文认为精神空虚是造成蒂龙一家苦难的根源。这种精神空虚表现在艺术支柱的丧失、宗教与理想支柱的丧失、母爱支柱的丧失和生活希望的丧失。此外，基于奥尼尔的生活经历和其所生活的社会环境，本文还试图得出结论，蒂龙一家的悲剧并非个案，而精神空虚也不仅仅是蒂龙一家悲剧的根源。

关键词: 尤金·奥尼尔； 《进入黑夜的漫长旅程》； 精神空虚； 悲剧

Abstract

Long Day’s Journey into Night, Eugene O’Neill’s great tragedy, portrays a family bound with loneliness, guilt，accusation and remorse. This play is highly autobiographical, displaying O’Neill’s pessimism towards life and the whole society. This thesis considers the root cause of the Tyrones’ misery is their spiritual emptiness, which is reflected by the loss of artistic faith, loss of religious faith and dreams, loss of maternal love, and loss of hope for life. Besides, this thesis, considering O’Neill’s experience and the specific social circumstance, summarizes that the Tyrones is “Everyfamily”, and the spiritual emptiness is not only the root cause of the Tyrones’ tragedy.

Key words: Eugene O’Neill； Long Day’s Journey into Night; spiritual emptiness; tragedy