《羅密歐與朱麗葉》對于中西方現代愛情觀念均產生了難以估量的深遠影響,然而何為愛情與愛情何為卻并非不言自明的哲學和倫理命題。本文試圖將該劇重新置于早期現代歐洲的文化語境之中,進而說明莎士比亞對于羅密歐與朱麗葉的"愛情"書寫與古羅馬詩人盧克萊修、意大利人文主義者彼得拉克等代表的歐洲愛情敘事傳統既入乎其里,又出乎其外。

Romeo and Juliet plays a profound role in shaping how romantic love is conceived and received in the modern world. However, what is love or how love works is far from being self-evident. This paper attempts to put Shakespeare’s idea of love back into the European continental love narratives in order to show how Shakespeare both inherits and revolutionizes the idea of love.