《女巫的剧本:两部英剧中女巫的声音》

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Preternature-Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural Pub Date : 2019-09-13 DOI:10.5325/preternature.8.2.0202

J. Handley

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摘要

本文以罗利、德克尔和福特的《埃德蒙顿女巫》(1621年)和乔安娜·贝利的《巫术》(1836年)这两部以巫术的历史表现和原著作品为出发点的戏剧为研究对象。虽然在近代早期被判犯有巫术罪的大多数是女性，但在历史资料中找到女性的声音是很困难的。因此，这些戏剧的惊人之处在于，舞台上女巫人物的突出嗓音。这不仅对官方叙事的控制提出了挑战，而且引起了人们对女巫定罪过程中起作用的社会机制的关注。主要的论点是，戏剧解决了原始材料的缺失;通过女巫的声音呈现出所谓的“缺失的证据”，戏剧促成了关于巫术的辩论，迫使观众重新判断。

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A Script for the Witch: Witches' Voices in Two British Dramas

abstract:This article examines two dramas that use historical representations of witchcraft and work from original sources as a starting point: The Witch of Edmonton by Rowley, Dekker, and Ford (1621) and Witchcraft by Joanna Baillie (1836). Whilst the majority of those convicted of witchcraft in the early modern period were women, finding a female voice in historical sources is difficult. What is striking about these plays therefore, is the prominent voice allocated to the witch figures on stage. This not only presents a challenge to the control of the official narratives but draws attention to the social mechanisms at work in the conviction of a witch. The main argument is that the plays address an absence in the source materials; by presenting what can be termed as "missing evidence" through the voice of the witch, the plays contribute to the debate on witchcraft and force the audience to judge anew.

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Preternature-Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： Preternature provides an interdisciplinary, inclusive forum for the study of topics that stand in the liminal space between the known world and the inexplicable. The journal embraces a broad and dynamic definition of the preternatural that encompasses the weird and uncanny—magic, witchcraft, spiritualism, occultism, esotericism, demonology, monstrophy, and more, recognizing that the areas of magic, religion, and science are fluid and that their intersections should continue to be explored, contextualized, and challenged.