The Contact between Lu Xun,Zhou Zuoren and the Modern Japanese Literary Circles—With A Collection of Modern Japanese Novels,Ryunosuke Akutagawa,Ema shiu,Roomazigaki Tanpen-Syoosetusyuu(A Collection of Novels in Roman Letters)as Clues
A Collection of Modern Japanese Novels,co-edited and translated by Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren,is the first anthology of modern Japanese literature in China,containing 30 novels by 15 writers during the Meiji and Taisho periods.Its significance is very profound,but has been largely neglected by the academic community.This paper discusses various issues surrounding A Collection of Modern Japanese Novels,and analyzes how Chinese writers have come into contact with the Japanese literary world,how they have absorbed and digested Japanese lit-erature through Japanese modern literary works and literary magazines,as well as the relationship between Japa-nese literature and modern Chinese literature.
Lu XunZhou ZuorenA Collection of Modern Japanese NovelsAkutagawa RyunosukeEma shiuRoomazigaki Tanpen-Syoosetusyuu(A Collection of Novels in Roman Letters)