关键词: 海洋性感觉, 罗曼·罗兰, 新浪漫主义, 新人道, 情感教育

Abstract: This paper examines how Romain Rolland offered a sentimental education to modern Chinese intellectuals. Rolland's quasi-religious “oceanic feeling” strongly underpinned the “humanitarianism” that was emerging in post-May Fourth China; however, his portrayal of the “new man” with the oceanic feeling could never satisfy the political and literary demands of a socialist China in the making. Although Rolland's “oceanic feeling” drove him to sympathize with left-wing ideals, his ideas were ultimately incompatible with left-wing political ideals and literary demands. The more intense his emotional expressions became, the more questioned his portrayal of the “new socialist man” got. Ultimately, Rolland's influence on young Chinese scholars continued to lie in his sentimental education based on his “oceanic feeling.”

Key words: oceanic feeling, Romain Rolland, new Romanticism, new humanism, sentimental education