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1931

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Lu Xun's son Haiying had found a copy of Mark Twain's Eve's diary, illustrated by Lester Ralph. Lu Xun immediately arranged for its translation : Xiawa ri ji translated by Li Lan [ID D29490]. In the preface Lu tries to tackle the incongruity in Mark Twain – a popular, humorous story teller, who yet proved to be an inveterate pessimist. To his own question : 'Laughing and joking while full of sorrow and sadness, how come ? ' Lu Xun explained that after the Civil War, America became an industrialized society where it was hard for writers to freely express their true thoughts and feelings because people's minds and personalities were now cast in the same mould. According to Lu Xun's observation of what American writers had become, 'Anyone who dared to assert his self would be persecuted'. Mark Twain chose instead to tell jokes in order to survive as a writer, hence this contradictions : sorrow on the one hand, and satire on the other.

Mentioned People (4)

Li, Lan  (um 1931)

Lu, Xun  (Shaoxing, Zhejigan 1881-1936 Shanghai) : Schriftsteller, Dichter, Übersetzer
Übersetzungen japanischer Autoren siehe Findeisen, Raoul.D. Lu Xun (1881-1936).

Ralph, Lester  (1877-1927) : Amerikanischer Maler, Illustrator

Twain, Mark  (Florida, Missouri 1835-1910 Redding, Conn.) : Schriftsteller

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America

Documents (2)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1987 Liu, Haiming. Mark Twain in China. In : Chinese literature : fiction, poetry, art ; Autumn (1987). Publication / Twa17
  • Source: [Twain, Mark]. Shan jia qi yu. = [Jialifuniya ren de gu shi]. Wu Tao yi. In : Xiu xiang xiao shuo ; no 70 (1906). Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. The Californian's tale. (New York, N.Y. : Harper, 1902). [Übersetzung aus dem Japanischen].
    加利福尼亚人的故事 (Twa86, Publication)
  • Source: [Twain, Mark]. Sheng yu si yu. Yi Qiao [Gu Yiqiao] yi. In : Xiao shuo yue bao ; vol. 7, no 12 (1921). Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. Is he living or is he dead ? In : Cosmopolitan ; September (1893). [Enthält eine Biographie von Twain und eine Einführung in die Novelle von Mao Dun].
    生欤死欤 (Twa107, Publication)
  • Source: Hu, Zhongchi. Meiguo xiao shuo jia Make Tuwen. In : Wen xue ; vol. 4, no 1 (1935). [The American novelist Mark Twain].
    美国小说家马克吐温 (Twa153, Publication)
  • Source: Hu, Zhongchi. Make Tuwen bai nian ji nian. In : Wen xue ; vol. 5, no 1 (1935). [Commemorating the centennial of Mark Twain's birthday].
    马克吐温百年纪念 (Twa154, Publication)
  • Source: Zhang, Menglin. Make Tuwen dan sheng bai ni an ji nian. In : Xin zhong hua ; vol. 3, no 7 (1935). [On the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's birth].
    馬克吐温誕生百年紀念 (Twa183, Publication)
  • Source: Meiguo duan pian xiao shuo ji. Ouwen [Washington Irving] deng zhu ; Chen Jialin, Jian Xian'ai yi. (Shanghai : Sheng huo shu dian, 1936). (Shi jie wen ku). [Übersetzung von amerikanischen Short stories].
    美國短篇小說集
    [Enthält] :
    Twain, Mark. Bai huai ha de lan bao de ren. Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. The man that corrputed Hadleyburg. In : Harper's monthly ; Dec. (1899). 败坏哈德兰堡的人 (Twa186, Publication)
  • Source: Meiguo duan pian xiao shuo ji. Fu Donghua, Yu Xijian xuan yi. (Shanghai : Shang wu yin shu guan, 1939). (Shi jie wen xue ming zhu). [American short stories].
    美国短篇小说集
    [Enthält] : [Twain, Mark]. Kalaweilasi Jun chi ming de tiao wa. Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county and other sketches. (New York, N.Y. : C.H. Webb ; London : G. Routledge, 1867). (Twa214, Publication)
  • Source: [Samarin, Roman Mikhailovich]. Zuo jia zuo pin : Make Tuwen de zhen mian mu. In : Ren wu za zhi ; no 7 (1950). [The true face of Mark Twain].
    作家作品:马克吐温的真面目 (Twa218, Publication)
  • Source: [Orlova, Raissa]. [On Mark Twain]. In Yi wen ; Aug. (1954). (Twa239, Publication)
  • Source: Lao, She. [Mark Twain : exposer of the U.S. dollar Empire]. In : Shi jie wen xue ; no 10 (1960). [Rede National Association of Writers in Beijing zum 50jährigen Todestag von Mark Twain]. (Twa241, Publication)
  • Source: Zhou, Jueliang. Lun Make Tuwen de chuang zuo ji qi si xiang. In : Shi jie wen xue ; no 4 (1960). [On Mark Twain's work and thought].
    论马克吐温的创作及其思想 (Twa242, Publication)
  • Source: Hu, Pan. Make Tuwen Zhongguo ren ren min de peng you. In : Shi jie tu shu ; no 1 (1982). [Mark Twain : friend of the Chinese people].
    马克•吐温--中国人民的朋友 (Twa243, Publication)
  • Source: Hou, Guoliang. Shi lun Make Tuwen you mo de te se. In : Huadong shi fan da xue xue bao ; no 2 (1982). [A trial analysis of the special characteristics of Mark Twain's humor].
    试论马克•吐温幽默的特色 (Twa245, Publication)
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
2 2008 Li, Xilao. The adventures of Mark Twain in China : translation and appreciation of more than a century. In : Mark Twain annual ; vol. 6, no 1 (2008). Publication / Twa22
  • Source: [Twain, Mark]. Shi ren hui. Leng Xue [Chen Jinghan] yi. In : Xin xin xiao shuo ; no 1 (1904). Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. Cannibalism in the cars. In : Broadway ; no 2 (Nov. 1968).
    詩人會 (Twa84, Publication)
  • Source: [Twain, Mark]. E huang du yu. Yan Tong yi. In : Zhi xue bao (1905). Übersetzung von Twain, Mark The Czar's soliloquy. In : North American review ; no 580 (1905). (Twa85, Publication)
  • Source: [Twain, Mark]. Shan jia qi yu. = [Jialifuniya ren de gu shi]. Wu Tao yi. In : Xiu xiang xiao shuo ; no 70 (1906). Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. The Californian's tale. (New York, N.Y. : Harper, 1902). [Übersetzung aus dem Japanischen].
    加利福尼亚人的故事 (Twa86, Publication)
  • Source: [Twain, Mark]. Qi. Zhou Shoujuan yi. In : Ou Mei ming jia duan pian xiao shuo cong kan ; vol. 2 (1917). Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. The Californian's tale. (New York, N.Y. : Harper, 1902).
    妻 (Twa105, Publication)
  • Source: [Twain, Mark]. Sheng yu si yu. Yi Qiao [Gu Yiqiao] yi. In : Xiao shuo yue bao ; vol. 7, no 12 (1921). Übersetzung von Twain, Mark. Is he living or is he dead ? In : Cosmopolitan ; September (1893). [Enthält eine Biographie von Twain und eine Einführung in die Novelle von Mao Dun].
    生欤死欤 (Twa107, Publication)
  • Source: Zhao, Jiabo. Meiguo xiao shuo zhi cheng zhang. In : Xian dai ; vol. 5, no 6 (1934). [The growth of American fiction].
    美国小说之成长 (Twa152, Publication)
  • Source: Hu, Zhongchi. Meiguo xiao shuo jia Make Tuwen. In : Wen xue ; vol. 4, no 1 (1935). [The American novelist Mark Twain].
    美国小说家马克吐温 (Twa153, Publication)
  • Source: Hu, Zhongchi. Make Tuwen bai nian ji nian. In : Wen xue ; vol. 5, no 1 (1935). [Commemorating the centennial of Mark Twain's birthday].
    马克吐温百年纪念 (Twa154, Publication)
  • Source: Shu, Ming. Make Tuwen bai nian sheng chen ji nian. In : Shi shi xin bao ; vol. 12, no 1 (1935). [In memory of Mark Twain's 100th birthday].
    马克吐温百年生辰纪念 (Twa185, Publication)
  • Source: Xu, Chi. Guan yu Meiguo wen xue. In : Wen lian ; vol. 1, no 3 (1946). [About American literature]. (Twa217, Publication)
  • Source: Xu, Ruci. [The real Mark Twain]. In : Nanjing shi da xue bao ; no 1 (1981). (Twa244, Publication)
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)