Chronology Entry
Year
1923
Text
Lu, Xun. Lu zhou [ID D27661].
In his response to Zhao Jingsheng (about fairy tales 1922), Lu Xun remarked that Hans Christian Andersen was more 'naive' than Oscar Wilde. He pointed out the simplicity and purity in Andersen but sophistication and wit in Wilde. He agreed with Zhao that Wilde's fairy tales were beautifully written and profound in insights. Lu Xun recalled that when he was young he liked reading Jing hua yuan, which is a famous Chinese novel about exotic adventures. As he read Wilde's fairy tales, was reminded of his love for this Chinese classic and saw the same kind of beauty and exoticism in both.
The strange combination of dreamland and reality, and the multi-layered meanings in Wilde's fairy tales were particularly appealing, aesthetically and philosophically, to intellectuals even like Lu Xun who was renowned for his unsympathetic position on the more sentimental writers in his day. The irony and literary depths in the fairy tales of Wilde certainly moved him.
In his response to Zhao Jingsheng (about fairy tales 1922), Lu Xun remarked that Hans Christian Andersen was more 'naive' than Oscar Wilde. He pointed out the simplicity and purity in Andersen but sophistication and wit in Wilde. He agreed with Zhao that Wilde's fairy tales were beautifully written and profound in insights. Lu Xun recalled that when he was young he liked reading Jing hua yuan, which is a famous Chinese novel about exotic adventures. As he read Wilde's fairy tales, was reminded of his love for this Chinese classic and saw the same kind of beauty and exoticism in both.
The strange combination of dreamland and reality, and the multi-layered meanings in Wilde's fairy tales were particularly appealing, aesthetically and philosophically, to intellectuals even like Lu Xun who was renowned for his unsympathetic position on the more sentimental writers in his day. The irony and literary depths in the fairy tales of Wilde certainly moved him.
Mentioned People (3)
Andersen, Hans Christian
(Odensee 1805-1875 Kopenhagen) : Schriftsteller
Lu, Xun
(Shaoxing, Zhejigan 1881-1936 Shanghai) : Schriftsteller, Dichter, Übersetzer
Übersetzungen japanischer Autoren siehe Findeisen, Raoul.D. Lu Xun (1881-1936).
Übersetzungen japanischer Autoren siehe Findeisen, Raoul.D. Lu Xun (1881-1936).
Wilde, Oscar
(Dublin 1854-1900 Paris) : Irischer Schriftsteller, Dramatiker, Dichter
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Denmark
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Literature : Occident : Ireland
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1998 | Wong, Linda Pui-ling. The initial reception of Oscar Wilde in modern China ; with special reference to Salome. In : Comparative literature & culture (Hong Kong), no 3 (1998). = The Oscholars Library : http://www.oscholars.com/TO/Appendix/Library/WONG.htm. (2012). | Publication / WilO5 |
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