Literary Criticism of China about F. M. Dostoevsky’s Novel “The Idiot”
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2024-23-4-21-31
Abstract
This paper examines the literary criticism of China about F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “The Idiot” (1868), which has been the focus of attention of various readership, as well as the issues of perception and study of the novel in modern Chinese theory of literary criticism. Hence, the purpose of this article is to trace the history of literary criticism of the “The Idiot” in China over the past almost ninety years since its first publication in Chinese in 1935. It is noted that during this period the novel was translated into Chinese at least seventeen times with millions of copies released, withstanding more than 50 editions. It also provides an overview of the studies of Chinese scientists in recent years devoted to the study of the novel, and attempts are made to identify trends in the study and commentary of the novel in China. Chinese readers were first introduced to Dostoevsky’s work by the famous novelist, literary critic and translator Zhou Zuozhen. The conducted research allows us to conclude that Chinese readers accept and interpret F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “The Idiot” with great interest. The questions that the researchers raise in their writings confirm the hypothesis that the Chinese reader associates the main character Prince Myshkin with the Confucian category of Ren.
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Supporting agencies: The study was carried out with the support of the Shaanxi Province Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program: The Spread of Hanfu in Russian-speaking countries (grant no. S202310705122) as well as with the help of a grant from Xi’an Petroleum University: The role of literary education in the formation and development of students’ personality “Taking care of yourself” (grant no. FYZ202105)
About the Authors
Yang Qingmiao
Heilongjiang University
China
China
Yang Qingmiao
PCNl 0000001094964251
Harbin
A. V. Ignatenko
RUDN University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander V. Ignatenko, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor
Scopus Author ID 57223025263
WoS Researcher ID ABC-7865-2020
RSCI Author ID 1045741
Moscow
Sun Ting
Xi’an Shiyou University
China
China
Sun Ting, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor
PCNI 0000001078335375
Xi’an
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Qingmiao Ya., Ignatenko A.V., Ting S. Literary Criticism of China about F. M. Dostoevsky’s Novel “The Idiot”. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology. 2024;23(4):21-31. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2024-23-4-21-31
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