Chronology Entry
Year
1909-2000
Text
Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev und China : allgemein
Ng Mau-sang : Andreyev's reputation in China was due to the fact that he succeeded in capturing the mood of the Russian youth at the turn of the century, particularly after Russia's defeat by the Japanese in 1904, and the failure of the Revolution in 1905. His appeal was more wide-ranging and multi-faceted. Defeat is the dominant theme of Andreyev, and it seems that he had some mental quirk which forced him to dwell on the abnormal and diseased.
Andreyev was one of the most avidly read writers in the 1920s, and his works were amongst the first to appear in Chinese.
The May Fourth writers knew that Andreyev was too complicated a writer to be taken just as humanitarian. They were well aware of his dual attitude to life- his heart which was determined to live life, and reason that abnegated it. His negative aspect of life – the gloom and pessimism which enveloped his works – posed a challenge to the Chinese writers. They were unvilling to accept his despair.
Ng Mau-sang : Andreyev's reputation in China was due to the fact that he succeeded in capturing the mood of the Russian youth at the turn of the century, particularly after Russia's defeat by the Japanese in 1904, and the failure of the Revolution in 1905. His appeal was more wide-ranging and multi-faceted. Defeat is the dominant theme of Andreyev, and it seems that he had some mental quirk which forced him to dwell on the abnormal and diseased.
Andreyev was one of the most avidly read writers in the 1920s, and his works were amongst the first to appear in Chinese.
The May Fourth writers knew that Andreyev was too complicated a writer to be taken just as humanitarian. They were well aware of his dual attitude to life- his heart which was determined to live life, and reason that abnegated it. His negative aspect of life – the gloom and pessimism which enveloped his works – posed a challenge to the Chinese writers. They were unvilling to accept his despair.
Mentioned People (1)
Andreyev, Leonid Nikolaevich
(Orel, Russland 1871-1919 Mustamäki, Finnland) : Russischer Schriftsteller, Dichter, Dramatiker
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Russia
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1988 | Ng, Mau-sang. The Russian hero in modern Chinese fiction. (Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, 1988). (SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture). S. 74-75. | Publication / Ng1 |
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