摘 要
湯顯祖的代表作《牡丹亭》和莎士比亞的名劇《羅密歐與朱麗葉》都出現在16世紀90年代，兩個劇本雖然出於不同國家的不同作家之手，但在文化意蘊上，有其相同之處。兩劇在追求愛情自由、要求個性解放、反對封建倫理等方面，有其共同的`歷史內容層面上的文化特徵；在故事情節、人物形象、戲劇衝突與空間、時間跨度、結局等方面，有許多的相同之處。但由於東西方文化背景的不同，這兩部戲劇在文化意蘊上也有其差異。對其進行比較研究，有助於中西文化的交流。
關鍵詞：《牡丹亭》；《羅密歐與朱麗葉》；比較；文化意蘊
ABSTRACT
Tang Xianzus representative works "Peony Pavilion" and William Shakespeare s famous drama "Romeo And Juliet" all appeared at the 90s, 16th century , and these two scripts were written by people from different countries, but as far as cultural implication is concerned, they have some commonplace. These two plays have the some resonance on cultural characteristics of historical content level as embodied in the pursue of free love, the request of emancipation of mans individual character, the opposition feudalism ethics; and in the plot of the play, image of character, the conflict of the drama and the space, time span, there are also many common points. But due to different cultural background of the East and the West, these two plays also have some differences in the cultural implication. The conducts of comparing and researching to these two plays would be of some help in the enhancement of cultural exchange between the China and the West .
Key words: "Peony Pavilion"; "Romeo And Juliet"; comparison; cultural implication