摘要：

哈罗德•品特被普遍认为是20世纪下半叶当代英国戏剧最具代表性的剧作家。由他的名字衍生出来的形容词Pinteresque被用来代表英国戏剧创作中的一种新体裁，而且被收录进了牛津大词典，用以代表他独特的戏剧风格, 由此可见他在英国戏剧创作史上的地位。权力斗争是品特剧作的重要主题。本文通过分析《房间》，《回家》和《生日宴会》中人与人之间的权力斗争揭示人性的本质，为权力而争夺。本篇论文共分四部分。第一部分是导论，主要介绍了哈罗德•品特的生平和文学成就，本文的主要内容和研究的实际意义。第二部分是文献综述，主要介绍了品特的国内外研究现状。第三部分是正文，正文从三个方面分析了权力斗争在品特戏剧作品中的体现，分别是人际关系中的权力斗争,话语中的权力斗争和威胁引发的权力斗争。最后一部分是结论。通过解读品特三部作品中的权力斗争主题，我们可以了解到人性对人的行为有着强烈的影响。对于权力的渴望存在于每个人的内心深处。我们应该平衡这种欲望来指导我们的生活。

关键词：品特；权力；话语；人际关系；威胁；人性

Abstract:

Harold Pinter is generally known as the principle representative of the contemporary British drama in the second half of the twentieth century. The term “Pinteresque” derived from his surname is used to represent a new genre of the British drama creation and is incorporated into The Oxford English Dictionary, referring to his unique style of drama, which shows his literature status in British drama history. Power struggle is an important theme in Pinter’s plays. The thesis analyzes the interpersonal power struggle in his three famous works The Room, The Homecoming and The Birthday Party to reveal the nature of humanity. This thesis is divided into four parts. The first part is the introduction, in which I give a brief introduction to Harold Pinter and his literary achievements, the content of this article and the practical significance. The second part is the literature review, in which I mainly introduce the domestic and foreign research on Pinter. The third part is the body part. The body part analyzes the power struggle reflected in Pinter’s drama from three aspects: power struggle in interpersonal relationship, power struggle in discourse and power struggle causing by menace. The last part is the conclusion. By interpreting the power struggle theme in Pinter’s three works, we can realize that the human nature has great effect on human behaviors. The desire for power exists in the heart of everyone. We should balance this desire to guide our life.

Key words: Pinter; power; discourse; interpersonal relationship; menace; human nature