鲁迅的《过客》与易卜生的《凯蒂林》

Luxun's Traveler, The Return of the Dying And Ibesen's Katherine, The Wake-up of the Dead

鲁迅和易卜生在晚年不约而同地探讨死生问题,但是两位大师始终执著于自己的人生课题:鲁迅关注的是中国国民性,更多地进行中国传统文化的批判,易卜生关心的是作为个人的人,男人、女人,探讨的是人的精神解放。他们身上所共同具有的是一种责任感,使命感,他们共同表现出一种自省,自我批判精神。

Luxun is not a dramatist, and the works he left which can be considered as dramas are only Traveler and The Return of the Dying. The two works are in peculiar contrast with Ibesen's maiden work Katherine and finale work The Wake-up of the Dead. The former both use the calling of the sound as their foundation of actions, which come from the front or the innermost recesses of one's soul, and both use symbolic skill of writing; the latter both are the final work of the authors, and they discuss the problem of life and death coincidentally. The two masters strive perseveringly for the topic of their lives: Luxun lays stress on the Chinese characters, and spends a lot of energy in criticizing the traditional culture of China. However, Ibesen cares about the individuals, male, female, and approach the problem of emancipation of human spirit. Both of them own a sense of responsibility and mission, and show a spirit of self-examining and self-criticizing.