Comic Relief
发布时间:2017年11月22日
发布人:nanyuzi  

Comic Relief

喜剧性调剂

 

Comic Relief is the introduction of comic characters, speeches, or scenes in a serious or tragic work, especially in dramas. Such elements were almost universal in Elizabethan tragedy. Sometimes they occur merely as episodes of dialogue or horseplay for purposes of alleviating tension and adding variety; in more carefully wrought plays, however, they are also integrated with the plot, in a way that counterpoints and enhances the serious or tragic significance.

 

喜剧性调剂就是把带有喜剧色彩的角色、话语或场景引入严肃剧或悲剧、尤其是戏剧作品中的一种创作手法。伊丽莎白时期的悲剧作品中几乎都有这些成分。这些成分有时只是作为穿插对话或喧闹的情节,起到缓解紧张气氛、丰富剧情的作用;但在优秀的戏剧中,这些起调剂作用的成分则是情节的组成部分,用于烘托、强化严肃或悲剧的意义。