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John Keats

By 22英2王菁 4天前 8次浏览

Which Chinese play does John Keats’s Lamia resemble? Is there any difference between the two works?

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  • 22英2王菁 4天前

    John Keats’s Lamia most closely resembles Tang Xianzu’s classic Chinese opera 《牡丹亭》(The Peony Pavilion)—both center on "supernatural love" between a human and a non-human (a serpentine nymph in Lamia, a ghostly maiden in The Peony Pavilion) and explore themes of desire, illusion, and the tension between passion and reason.

     

    Core Differences:

     

    1. Nature of the non-human protagonist: Lamia is a serpent transformed into a woman, with her "otherness" framed as morally ambiguous (tied to deception and mortal temptation); Du Liniang in The Peony Pavilion is a human maiden who becomes a ghost, her existence rooted in unfulfilled romantic longing (pure, transcendental love).

     

    2. Themes focus: Keats’s poem leans into philosophical doubt—questioning whether passion blinds reason, and ending in tragedy (Lamia vanishes when her true form is revealed); Tang Xianzu’s opera celebrates love as a force that transcends life and death, with a hopeful resolution (Du Liniang is resurrected to unite with her lover).

     

    3. Cultural context: Lamia reflects Romantic-era preoccupations with nature, the sublime, and the limits of human knowledge; The Peony Pavilion is rooted in Ming Dynasty Confucian ethics, Taoist transcendence, and the celebration of individual romantic desire against social constraints.

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