莎士比亚在戏剧艺术上造诣最深、贡献最大的是悲剧。然而,历史剧和喜剧则是构成莎剧辉煌成就的不可缺少的组成部分。恩格斯在给拉萨尔的信中认为,戏剧的“思想深度和意识到的历史内容,同莎士比亚剧作的情节的生动性和丰富性”这三方面是构成优秀戏剧艺术的重要因素。本文仅对莎士比亚喜剧的艺术作些粗浅的探讨,提出些不成熟的看法。一莎士比亚喜剧的风格以歌颂为主,充满着乐观、喜悦的浓郁气氛,在欧洲戏剧史上开了歌颂性喜剧之先河。中外古今的喜剧,基本上分为讽刺性和歌颂性两类。前者是运用笑这一武器来反 Shakespeare accomplished the most in drama art, the greatest contribution is tragedy. However, historical drama and comedy constitute an indispensable part of Shakespeare’s brilliant achievements. In his letter to Lassalle, Engels believes that the three aspects of drama’s “depth of thought and the historical content it is aware of are vivid and rich with the plot of Shakespearean play” constitute an important factor in the art of excellent theater. This article only talks about the art of Shakespeare’s comedy and puts forward some immature opinions. A Shakespearean comedy style to praise, full of optimism, the rich atmosphere of joy, in the history of European drama opened a precedent for comic comedy. Chinese and foreign ancient and modern comedy, basically divided into satirical and exaggerated categories. The former is the use of laughter to counter this weapon