契诃夫的《变故》与鲁迅的《兔和猫》之比较

A Comparison between Chekhov’s An Event and Lu Xun’s The Rabbits and the Cat

本文认为,鲁迅小说《兔和猫》的故事内容和情节发展与契诃夫小说《变故》具有高度的相似性。为调查鲁迅是否阅读过契诃夫的小说《变故》,文章梳理了留日时期的鲁迅可能接触过哪些日译契诃夫小说。通过调查发现,契诃夫小说《变故》在日本明治时期被翻译了九次,其中多篇都发表在鲁迅留日时期非常关注的文艺杂志上。此外,文章还发现《变故》的英译本与中译本也都极有可能在鲁迅的关注范围内,因此可以推测《变故》中描写的部分情节为鲁迅创作《兔和猫》提供了灵感。同时,经过对比两篇作品,可以看到鲁迅并未对《变故》的主题进行完全模仿,而是参考了《变故》中作者对待幼小生命的态度,呼吁更多的人关注幼小生命。

The article finds that the story content and plot development of Lu Xun’s novel The Rabbits and the Cat are highly similar to Chekhov’s novel An Event. To investigate whether Lu Xun had read Chekhov’s novel An Event, the article combed out which Japanese-translated Chekhov novels Lu Xun might have read while studying in Japan. Through investigation,it is found that Chekhov’s novel An Event had been translated nine times during the Meiji period in Japan, many of which had been published in literary magazines that Lu Xun paid close attention to during his stay in Japan. In addition, the article also finds that both the English and Chinese versions of the novel are likely to be within the scope of Lu Xun’s attention, so it can be speculated that some of the plots described in the novel inspired Lu Xun’s creation of The Rabbits and the Cat. At the same time, by comparing the two works, it can be seen that Lu Xun did not completely imitate the theme of the novel, but referred to Chekhov’s attitude towards young life and appealed to more people to pay attention to it.