| This topic discusses the prophecy of Shakespeare’s drama creation,and take this opportunity to use the literature research,text and the main method of literary criticism,explore the origin and development of the western prophecy,reveals the prophecy culture in Shakespeare’s Renaissance,settled in Shakespeare works,reveal different types of drama prophecy and the theme of relevance,finally analyzes its unique aesthetic art value and thought connotation.The purpose of the article is to show that the phenomenon of prophecy in Shakespeare plays appears repeatedly and plays an important role.These predictions not only reflect the characteristics of the Renaissance and the popular belief of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties,but also enhance the artistic expression and script capacity of literary works,highlighting the theme of the drama.This is a new perspective for the study of Shakespeare’s works and the social culture of Shakespeare’s time.The text is divided into five parts,except for the introduction and conclusion,and the main part is divided into three chapters:Chapter 1: discusses the social background of the prophecy and the main types of the prophecy.The primitive people were uncertain about the mysterious nature and their own fate,and with the good wish of bringing hope and eliminating panic,they produced the earliest prophecy.From ancient Greek mythology to the Hebrew classic of the Bible,there is always a prophecy in literary works.Renaissance is the development of the classical culture inheritance,also must has the typical characteristics of the society,the16 th,17th century Britain,superstition,witchcraft thought still occupy important position,divination,prophecy is still the mainstream public belief,according to the main characteristics of prophecy,we can be roughly divided into five types: oracle,divination,mortal prophecy,dreams and vision.Chapter 2: Specifically discusses the performance of prophecy phenomenon in different genres of Shakespeare’s opera.Selected historical drama "Henry vi" medium and "Richard iii",comedy "a midsummer night’s dream",tragedy "qiu force Caesar" and "Michael white",and legend "white" the six works of detailed analysis,by exploring the prediction in different types of drama,can be found: historical prophecy mainly reveals the political success and failure,comedy prophecy to predict the occurrence of the good things,the prophecy mainly reveals the fate of tragedy,and the legendary prophecy always point to a happy ending.According to the content of different predictions,it can be found that the theme of the prediction and the future events or characters closely related to the outcome of the drama together play an important role in promoting the development of the plot.In addition,the prediction echoes the theme of various types of drama and deepens the main idea of the work.Chapter 3: summarizes the aesthetic artistic value and ideological connotation of the prophecy phenomenon in Shakespeare’s plays,and analyzes the artistic functions of the form,text and social and history: At the narrative level,the prophecy enriches the language and structure of the script,enhances the mystery meaning and narrative tension,and makes the full text form a complete closed loop;At the theme level,the prophecy capacity is enriched and expanded.Shakespeare’s prophecy provides innovative development and subversive breakthrough to the classical prophecy,and strengthens the function of serving the drama theme.In addition,the different attitudes of people in the face of prophecy also show the change of public thought.Finally,the prophecy of the Elizabethan era has distinct historical and contemporary characteristics,showing a deeper function and value;This technique of prophecy also becomes the grasp of the playwright,and better shows the return of the Renaissance rational ideas and the disenchantment of the witchcraft beliefs. |
