CAJ | 학술논문

毛姆一生共创作了一百五十多个短篇小说，其中涉华题材超过了三分之一。这些作品大致可分为两大类：一类是以半殖民地半封建的中国作为故事背景，以白人殖民者或旅居者作为主人公，如《大班》、《海市蜃楼》、《领事》；另一类是以东南亚或南太平洋岛屿作为故事背景，在次要人物、情节或细节层面融入中国元素，如《信》、《火奴鲁鲁》、《机会之门》、《丛林脚印》等。这两类作品再现了殖民主义、帝国主义背景下跨文化生存的困境，折射出了东西方不平等的政治、经济或文化关系。重读这些作品对我们认识毛姆短篇小说的艺术价值，以及不同文化、不同文明间的现实交流不乏重要的意义。
모모일생공창작료일백오십다개단편소설，기중섭화제재초과료삼분지일。저사작품대치가분위량대류：일류시이반식민지반봉건적중국작위고사배경，이백인식민자혹려거자작위주인공，여《대반》、《해시신루》、《영사》；령일류시이동남아혹남태평양도서작위고사배경，재차요인물、정절혹세절층면융입중국원소，여《신》、《화노로로》、《궤회지문》、《총림각인》등。저량류작품재현료식민주의、제국주의배경하과문화생존적곤경，절사출료동서방불평등적정치、경제혹문화관계。중독저사작품대아문인식모모단편소설적예술개치，이급불동문화、불동문명간적현실교류불핍중요적의의。
Maugham wrote more than 150 stories in his lifetime, among which over one third are China-related. These works roughly fall into two major categories:one takes semi-colonial and semi-feudal China as the background, with White colonists or travelers as protagonists, such as“The Taipan”, “Mirage”, and“the consul”. The other takes Southeast Asia or South Pacific islands as the background. Into these stories Chinese elements are integrated into minor characters, plots or details, such as “Letter”, “Honolulu”, “the Door of Opportunity”, and” Footprints in the Jungle”. Both categories reveal the predicament in a cross-cutlural context against the background of colonialism and imperialism, and reflect the unequal political, economic, and cultural relationship between East and West. Rereading these stories certainly helps us understand the artistic value of Maugham's stories and is of considerable significance for the communication between different cultures and civilizations.