Abstract: The distinctive autobiographical style in Lu Xun’s works is most prominent in his Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, a collection of essays about his youth memories. With one of his most publicly renowned works as a case study, the interpretation of Lu Xun’s inimitable autobiographical mode of literary creation will provide an alternative perspective to discern his typical literary features and unique personality. Importantly, his intellectual versatility and dispositional diversity, observed in Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, continue to have practical significance and theoretical value to further uncover Lu Xun’s contradictory characters, and to speculate on the spiritual status and pursuits of contemporary intellectuals.

Keywords: Lu Xun, Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, autobiographical style, self

Wang Weisheng is Associate Professor in School of Humanities at Xuzhou Institute of Technology. His research interest lies in modern and contemporary Chinese literature. His recent publications include: A Case Study of the Peculiar Thematic Narrative in Contemporary Chinese Literature (2010) and On the Genre, Origin and Trend of the Rural “Revolutionary” Novels (2012). E-mail: xzgcxywangweisheng@126.com.

Zou Guangsheng, PhD in Literature, is Professor of Chinese Department, Zhejiang University. His research interest is Sino-Western comparative poetics. He is the author of A Study of the Analects of Confucius and Apology of Socrates (2014) and The Buddhist Hagiography in Diverse Cultural Contexts (2016). E-mail: zouguangsheng@126.com.