‘Beggars’ Roaming on the Scene of Revolutions

——A Comparative Study of Lu Xun’s The Beggars and Baudelaire’s The Old Street Entertainer

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10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_87How to use a DOI?

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Lu Xun; Baudelaire; Wild Grass; The Parisian Prowler; Beggar

Abstract

When China and France were undergoing their own social changes, the Chinese writer Lu Xun and the French writer Baudelaire depicted the revolution and social situation in their own country by creating the image of “beggar”. In the paper, it reveals the reversion of the historical visions of the two writers from the multiple meanings that “beggar” bears. Besides, by using the different elements in scenario creation, it further reveals the similarities and differences between the two writers on revolutionary sentiment. Finally, the image of “beggar” co-created by the two writers is defined as the marginal identity of a “wanderer”, so as to construct the spiritual embodiment of Lu Xun and Baudelaire at the turn of last century.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yiran Zhang
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/28
TI  - ‘Beggars’ Roaming on the Scene of Revolutions
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 910
EP  - 920
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_87
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_87
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