A possible interpretation of Ye Lingfengʼs short story “Lilith”: Similarities and differences between “Lilith” and Anatole France’s “The Daughter of Lilith”

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  • 葉霊鳳の短編小説「麗麗斯」解釈の可能性 ─アナトール・フランス「リリトの娘」との類似性と相違点について─
  • ヨウレイ ホウ ノ タンペン ショウセツ 「 レイレイシ 」 カイシャク ノ カノウセイ : アナトール ・ フランス 「 リリト ノ ムスメ 」 ト ノ ルイジセイ ト ソウイテン ニ ツイテ
  • Journal of the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences

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“Lilith” is a short story written by Ye Lingfeng in 1933. In myths, legends, and western literary traditions, Lilith is often described as an evil woman. However, Ye Lingfeng considered Lilithʼs story to be extremely beautiful. In this novel, Ye Lingfeng projected the heroine into Lilith. The heroine is living with enormous stress in Shanghai, but she is still beautiful, pure, and proud. Ye Lingfeng sympathized with her. Ye Lingfengʼs “Lilith” has many similarities to Anatole Franceʼs “The Daughter of Lilith”. It shows that Lilith described by Ye Lingfeng is a figure that was inspired by “The Daughter of Lilith” and shaped. Through this novel, Ye Lingfeng expressed the beautiful state of the two characters in love that he longed for.

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  • 人間文化創成科学論叢

    人間文化創成科学論叢 22 19-27, 2020-03-31

    お茶の水女子大学大学院人間文化創成科学研究科

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