魯迅의 『狂人日記』에 대한 오스트롭스키(Островский)文學의 影響

Abstract

A Russian play writer, Ostrovskii(Островский), published a play titled Thunderstorms (Гроза)(1859) depicting rudeness and hypocrisy etc. spreading to society in general under the tyranny of Russia and shouted for anti-tradition about the heinous family system. However, Lu Xun also got through the first short story of the 20th century A Diary of a Lunatic in 1918 and fully exposed the evils of family system and reward, advocating for anti-tradition. When examined closely, Lu Xun's A Diary of a Lunatic is closely connected to Ostrovskii literary work in respect to creation and aesthetic empathy, which means the connectivity is clear and it can be said that they are in close contact with each other in terms of literary creation. Starting with the composition of contents for exposing themes for the two works, these two works are very similar to each other in the theme of the work and the figure of a person. On the literary creation respect. It can be said that connectivity is clear, so they adhere to each other. Overall observation on the influence of Russian writers on Lu Xun's works shows that Ostrovskii occupies a substantial proportion among Gogol, Garshin. Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. Therefore the influence of Ostrovskii on the literary creation of Lu Xun should never be overlooked because it seems different from with the others. In the two literary works centering around a family, the home is in the dark of a dictator. Family members are just helpless in front of the dictator’s absolute power. They cannot escape from his persecution, which is produced through a long tradition. The two works strongly highlighted the theme expressing tragic fate of married women under feudalism. In A Diary of a Lunatic, the deceased mother reappears and cries to the extreme sorrow and suffering about her daughter who was eaten by her own son. However, she does not say any word of harsh reprimand and scathing protest and just cries just like a shadow person. This reminds us of KrajjeLena, the main character in Thunderstorms. She must have felt disastrous misery, but she only cries just like a shadow person. The fact that her sister was eaten by her own family, that it was debunked by her own family member, that the expression of “man-eating” was used and that under the feudalism the family system is continued by another dictator in the family of the next generation in the absence of father, those three facts are the same as the former. The circumstances of the married woman are definitely clarified by the contrast between sister's cute appearance and mother's painful figure in the reminiscence of a madman. I think that this is the result of a great influence of Thunderstorm by Ostrovskii on A Diary of a Lunatic.