夏衍对菊池宽《戏曲研究》的翻译——夏衍翻译活动的开端

夏衍的名字虽然与戏剧创作紧密地联系在一起,但他最初却是从外国文学的翻译踏入文坛,走上文学创作道路的。对日本著名剧作家菊池宽的戏剧理论著作《戏曲研究》的翻译,又是夏衍整个翻译活动的起点。本文主要从夏衍对这第一部译著从选题的目的、意义以及对以后走上戏剧创作道路产生的影响等方面进行了考察和分析。

Xia Yan's Translation of Kikuchi Kan's Drama Studies:Beginning of Xia Yan's Translation Activity

Xia Yan,whose name is closely related with dramatic creation,stepped into the literary world and embarked on the road of literary creation initially from the translation of foreign literature.His translation of Drama Studies,the dramatic theoretical work by Kikuchi Kan,a famous Japanese playwright,is the starting point of his all translation activities.The paper studies and analyses his aim and significance in selecting it and the influence it exerted on him for his later embarkation on the road of dramatic creation.