PERECEPTION OF THE NOVEL “EUGENE ONEGIN”

Abstract

The article examines the process of perception of “Eugene Onegin” by A. S. Pushkin in China, which began in China a hundred years ago due to changes in cultural and socio-political life. From the late 19th century to the 1920s, the main content of the novel in verse was presented to a Chinese audience. During the war years (from the 1930s to the 1940s) Chinese critics emphasized the novel’s revolutionary realism in verse. After the formation of the new China in 1949 many literary critics awkwardly used the method of class analysis in the study of “Eugene Onegin”, appeared a number of works, which have more political significance than scientific. After the policy of reform and openness in 1978 the scope of the research of “Eugene Onegin” expanded unprecedented. The richness and depth of his scientific research demonstrate his classical status in China. Based on the analysis of the works of the Chinese interpreters of “Eugene Onegin” in different periods, different features are revealed, which helps, on the one hand, to discover the peculiarities of the interpretation of classical Russian literature in China, on the other hand, to observe the dynamic development of cultural communication between the two peoples.