论文,比较文学
studying their earlier achievements.First this thesis gives a general theoretical introduction of Western tragedy and Chinese tragedy in the five aspects of tragic themes, tragic characters, tragic conflicts, tragic structures and tragic styles. And then the writer makes a comparative study of the two famous tragedies on the basis of the earlier theoretical comparison of the tragedy of the West and China. This thesis aims to makes deep explorations from the perspectives of tragic aesthetics and psychology by parallel studies. It begins to sort out their similarities and then analyzes their differences. The writer deals with them by a comprehensive comparison and systematic analysis mainly in five aspects, namely, themes, characters, conflicts, images and structures. As far as love is concerned, the love between Romeo and Juliet is fervent and blind while the love of the hero and heroine in Butterfly Lovers is mild. Concerning the tragic fate of the two works, the tragedy of the protagonists in Romeo and Juliet is necessarily made for the tragic effects, according to the tradition of Western tragedy which aims to evoke pity and fear out of the audience. The tragic fate of the protagonists in Butterfly Lovers is