内容简介
BasedonEuripides'Hippolytus,thisplaybyoneofFrance'sgreatestplaywrightsisamagnificentexampleofcharacterexposition.Whenthetitlecharacter,Hippolytus'stepmother,receivesfalseinformationthatherhusband,Theseus,isdead,Phedrarevealsapassionateloveforherstepson--anactthateventuallyspellsdoomforbothcharacters.
作者简介
JeanRacine(Frenchpronunciation:[?ɑ??a?sin]),baptismalnameJean-BaptisteRacine(22December1639–21April1699),wasaFrenchdramatist,oneofthe"BigThree"of17th-centuryFrance(alongwithMolièreandCorneille),andoneofthemostimportantliteraryfiguresintheWesterntradition.Racinewasprimarilyatragedian,producingsuch'examplesofneoclassicalperfection'asPhèdre,Andromaque,andAthalie,althoughhedidwriteonecomedy,LesPlaideurs,andamutedtragedy,Esther,fortheyoung.Racine'splaysdisplayedhismasteryofthedodecasyllabicalexandrine;hisverseisrenownedforelegance,purity,speed,andfury,andforwhatRobertLowelldescribedasa'diamond-edge',andthe'gloryofitshard,electricrage'.Racine'sworksarewidelyconsideredtobeuntranslatable,althoughmanyeminentpoetshaveattemptedtodoso,includingLowell,TedHughes,andDerekMahonintoEnglish,andSchillerintoGerman.Racine'sdramaturgyismarkedbyhispsychologicalinsight,theprevailingpassionofhischaracters,andthenakednessofboththeplotandstage.
