Дореволюционная женская литература в России и Китае

Abstract

The aim of the research is to identify similarities and differences in women’s literature in Russia and China during the pre-revolutionary period (up to 1917 and 1911 respectively) through a comparative analysis. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that although there is a significant amount of works in Russian and Chinese literary studies dedicated to the phenomenon of women’s literature, these works mainly focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. Scholars have not paid sufficient attention to the study of women’s literature during the pre-revolutionary period. In addition, a comparative analysis of common features and differences between Russian and Chinese women’s literature in modern literary studies has not been thoroughly explored. As a result, the research indicates that the similarities between Russian and Chinese women’s literature during the pre-revolutionary period manifest themselves in the following aspects: the socio-cultural conditions of the formation and development of women’s creative work (unfavorable conditions), the social background of female authors (privileged classes), the predominant genre (poetry), themes (women’s issues), the literary image (women), and the characteristic features of women’s literature during the specified period (introverted thinking, autobiographism, and introspection). Additionally, the results confirm differences in the following aspects: forms of women’s participation in the literary process, the level of openness to cultural activities among female authors, the process of professionalization of literary work, and the influence of foreign culture.