芥川龙之介对“桃太郎”故事的改写

On the Rewriting to Momotaro by Akutagawa Ryunosuke

芥川龙之介创作于1924年的小说《桃太郎》对日本民间故事“桃太郎”进行了创造性改写,他将桃太郎讨伐“鬼岛”的行为视为侵略,辛辣讽刺了桃太郎们的强盗思想,这一改写颠覆了“桃太郎”原本所颂扬的武士道精神,表现出对当时日本对外侵略扩张倾向的敏感和批判。最早批判“桃太郎”故事的中国学者章太炎对芥川的改写起了启导作用。中国现代作家谢六逸按照日本“桃太郎”故事原型的译介则从一个侧面印证了芥川批判性改写的意义。

The novel Momotaro written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke in 1924 rewrote Japanese folk tale Momotaro creatively,In Akutagawa＇s opinion,the action that Momotaro bad invaded the ＂Ghost Island＂was aggressive,and Akutagawa had satirized the Mornotaro＇s robber action severely.the rewriting overtuned the Bushido spint that was praised and expanded by Momotaro,and criticized the extemal aggression and expansionist inclination of Japanese goverment,Zhang Taiyan was the first Chinese scholar who eriticized the Momotaro,his critieisns enlightened Akutagawa＇s rewriting directly,Chinese contemporary writer Xie Liuyi translated to folk tale Momataro,and his translation had verified the criticizing significance of Akutagawa.