Shakespeares Influence on Theatre, Literature and English Language 莎士比亚的影响.doc

Shakespeares Influence on Theatre, Literature and English Language Influence on theatre and literature Shakespeares work has made a lasting impression on later theatre and literature. In particular, he expanded the dramatic potential of?characterization, plot,?language, and?genre.?Until?Romeo and Juliet, for example, romance had not been viewed as a worthy topic for tragedy. Soliloquies had been used mainly to convey information about characters or events; but Shakespeare used them to explore characters minds. His work heavily influenced later poetry. The?Romantic poets attempted to revive Shakespearean verse drama, though with little success. Critic?George Steiner?described all English verse dramas from?Coleridge?to?Tennyson?as feeble variations on Shakespearean themes. Shakespeare influenced novelists such as?Thomas Hardy,?William Faulkner, and?Charles Dickens. The American novelist?Herman Melvilles?soliloquies owe much to Shakespeare; his Captain Ahab in?Moby-Dick?is a classic?tragic hero, inspired by?King Lear.?Scholars have identified 20,000 pieces of music linked to Shakespeares works. These include two operas by?Giuseppe Verdi,?Othello?and?Falstaff, whose critical standing compares with that of the source plays.?Shakespeare has also inspired many painters, including the Romantics and the?Pre-Raphaelites. The Swiss Romantic artist?Henry Fuseli, a friend of?William Blake, even translated?Macbeth?into German.? The?psychoanalyst?Sigmund Freud?drew on Shakespearean psychology, in particular that of Hamlet, for his theories of human nature. Influence on the English language William Shakespeares influence extends from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself. Widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, and the worlds pre-eminent dramatist, Shakespeare transformed European theatre by expanding expectations about what could be accomplished through characterization, plot, language and genre. Shakespeares writings