TRANSLATING SUBJECTIVITY: HU FENG’S TRANSLATION OF A SOVIET PROLETARIAN NOVEL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1344/transfer.2019.14.202-227Keywords:
Hu Feng, Translation, Proletarian literature, Subjectivity, Soviet novelAbstract
The renowned Chinese intellectual Hu Feng (1902-1985) is either
referenced as the heir of the May Fourth critical spirit, especially that
of Lu Xun (1881-1936), or associated with a famous case of political
persecution in the 1940s and 1950s, namely, the “Hu Feng Anti-
Revolutionary Clique.” However, the young Hu Feng as a translator
during his years in Japan is somewhat neglected. This article situates
Hu Feng in the context of world proletarian literature. I look into Hu
Feng’s literary activities in Japan and examine his Chinese translation,
Yanggui (1930), of a Soviet proletarian-utopian novel titled Mess
Mend, or a Yankee in Petrograd (1923) via Japanese translation. I
argue that the years in Japan and his translation of the Soviet novel
shape Hu Feng as a thinker of international proletarian subjectivity.
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