|
''Selected Stories of Lu Hsun'' is a collection of English translations of major stories of the Chinese author Lu Xun translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang and first published in 1960 by the Foreign Languages Press in Beijing. This book was republished in 2007 by the Foreign Languages Press with the updated title of Lu Xun Selected Works.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.chinesebookshop.com/english/lu-xun-selected-works-hardback-4-volume-set.html )〕 Stories included in the collection are drawn from three of Lu Xun's story collections: 《吶喊》''Call to Arms'' (CTA), 《彷徨》 "Wandering" (W), and 《故事新編》 "Old Tales Retold" (OTR). == Major themes == One major theme in the stories in this collection is that habits of mind (psychology or "spirit") need to be examined; improvements in material conditions and institutions, while important, are not sufficient by themselves to renew China. See in particular ''A Madman's Diary'' and ''The True Story of Ah Q''. Lu Xun employed point of view in his stories in a way that was novel at the time for Chinese literature, helping readers consider new possibilities about the true nature of the reality around them.〔Douwe W. Fokkema, in "Lu Xun: The Impact of Russian Literature," in Merle Goldman, ed., ''Modern Chinese Literature in the May Fourth Era'' (Cambridge: Harvard, 1977), writes, "One of the principal devices Lu Xun appears to have borrowed from nineteenth-century Russian literature is that of introducing a point of view that does not coincide with that of most readers and departs from the prevailing literary tradition . . . . it thwarts the expectations of the readers . . . . It wakes and shocks them by means of alienating devices that, for instance, prevent the reader from identifying himself with the main character . . . ." (p. 97-8)〕 A second major theme in the stories is the problem of how members of the intellectual class are to live their lives. It is a theme in many stories, including ''Kong Yiji'', ''My Old Home'', ''In the Wine Shop'', ''Regret for the Past'', and others. A third major theme in the stories is commentary on traditional customs and institutions. The stories look at the specific dysfunctions of particular customs and institutions, and also at the general result in which people are discarded. It is a theme in many stories, especially ''Kong Yiji'' and ''The New Year Sacrifice''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Selected Stories of Lu Hsun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|