Symbol of Depression
About This Novel
"The Symbol of Depression" is a work by the Japanese literary theorist Kukawa Hakumura. It was translated and introduced to China by Mr. Lu Xun in 1924, and was used as a teaching material for his classes at Peking University and Beijing Normal University. This is a literary theory work that systematically talks about human suffering and literary and artistic creation. The book has four chapters in total: The first chapter talks about how depression plays a role in creators. Literary creation is to create a dream to heal oneself. Chapter 2 is about how distress works on the appreciator. Appreciating literary and artistic works is to enter other people's dreams to heal yourself. Chapter 3 talks about how depression plays a role in the times and circumstances. Clarify that writers and artists are prophets, and literary and artistic works are revelations. Chapter 4 traces the origins back to primitive people, tells how depression plays a role in primitive people, and explains that the state of mind of literary and artistic creation is the state of mind of primitive people when they face uncontrollable nature. Kukawa Hakumura summarizes the essence of literary and artistic works as follows: "The depression and annoyance caused by suppressed vitality is the foundation of literature and art, and its expression is symbolism in a broad sense." That is, it is a symbol of depression. This book is based on the second volume of the 1929 Japanese Renovation Society's "The Complete Works of Shirakawa Hakumura" and includes Lu Xun's introduction to the first edition and his translation notes.
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