郁达夫曾被人称为“中国的佐藤春夫”。他的《沉沦》受到日本“私小说”家佐藤春夫的《田园的忧郁》很多影响:带有强烈的自叙传色彩,多大胆的自我暴露,结构上较为简单,不重视完整的故事情节。但因社会环境等方面的差异,《沉沦》也保持了它的独立性,强烈的爱国情感和深刻的社会内涵都是《田园的忧郁》所不具有的。 Yu Dafu has been called “China’s Sato Chun Fu ”. His “Degradation” was greatly influenced by the “Melancholy of Pastoralism” of Sato Haruhiko, a Japanese “private novelist.” With a strong self-descriptive color and bold self-exposure, it is relatively simple in structure and does not attach importance to the complete storyline . However, due to the difference in social environment and other aspects, “Degradation” also maintained its independence. The strong patriotic feelings and profound social connotations are all not possessed by the “Melancholy of the Pastoral Land.”