斯坦纳的“悲剧衰亡”话语一直是西方戏剧知识界半个世纪以来关注、探讨与争论的热门话题之一,至今热度依然不减。概括来讲,近年的研究主要围绕其理论的来源问题、“悲剧之死”的提法问题、悲剧文化的现代境遇问题以及“悲剧衰亡”话语的深层次动机问题而展开。尽管这些研究取得了一些实绩,但存在着不少误解成分,亟待认真地分析与彻底地澄明。 Steiner’s “Tragedy ” discourse has been one of the hot topics of concern, discussion and debate in western drama intellectual circles for half a century. In a word, recent researches focus on the source of its theory, the formulation of the death of tragedy, the modern situation of tragedy culture and the deep motivation of discourse on the tragedy decline. Although some achievements have been made in these studies, there are many misunderstandings that need to be carefully analyzed and thoroughly clarified.