宗教文化对曹禺戏剧创作的影响是极其深刻的,包括他的创作理念和剧作内容。可以说宗教文化构成了曹禺戏剧创作的前在性理式或者观念。宗教文化作为一种潜意识的存在,无疑时时都在催促作家对现实的高度反思,曹禺剧作强烈的宗教情结正好体现了作家的人文思想与情愫。曹禺利用宗教传播和宗教普及所形成的宗教文化充分打造悲剧的气氛,使之产生特殊的审美心理效应。曹禺剧作中所运用的现代表现主义艺术手法,从某种角度上讲与宗教有着一种天然的契合,或者说表现主义艺术的某些特征和本质来自于宗教本身。我们必须以审慎的态度作出客观的解析,才能够真正透视曹禺剧作中的宗教文化情结的历史地位、价值与作用。 The influence of religious culture on the drama creation of Cao Yu is extremely profound, including his creative concept and drama content. It can be said that the religious culture constitutes the front of Cao Yu’s drama creation in the sex style or concept. As a subconscious existence, religious culture undoubtedly urges writers to highly reflect on reality from time to time. The strong religious complex of Cao Yu plays a true embodiment of the writer’s humanistic thoughts and feelings. Cao Yu makes full use of the religious culture formed by the spread of religion and popularization of religion to create a tragedy atmosphere and to create a special aesthetic psychological effect. The modern expressionist artistic techniques employed in Cao Yu’s plays, in some ways, have a natural fit with religion, or some of the features and essence of expressionist art come from religion itself. We must make an objective analysis with a cautious attitude so that we can truly see the historical position, value and function of the religious and cultural complex in Cao Yu’s plays.