History of Chinese folk literature 1st ed.

Author

• Zhenduo, Zheng

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9789811654459

Series

Understanding China

Subject(s)

• FOLK LITERATURE, CHINESE
• LITERATURE--PHILOSOPHY

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Abstract

This book mainly addresses the position, function, influence, and values of folk oral literature in the history of Chinese literature. Divided into 14 chapters, it systematically covers central aspects of folklore literature such as ballads, folk songs, Bianwen, Zajuci, Guzici, Zhugongdiao, Sanqu, Baojuan, Tanci, Zidishu, and so on from the Pre-Qin to the late Qing Dynasties, filling several gaps in literary history studies. It is a comprehensive literary work, and many of the materials cited here are rare and difficult to find. In addition, the book proposes some important theories, especially six highly generalized qualities of folk literature, namely that it is: popular, collective, oral, fresh, effusive, and innovative.

With detailed, extensive materials, and quotations, the book represents the most systematic and comprehensive work to date on ancient Chinese folk literature. It is mutually complementary with Guowei Wang’s A Textual Research of the Traditional Chinese Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and Xun Lu’s A Brief History of Chinese Fiction; all three works are regarded as the most essential classics for researching the history of Chinese literature.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (x, 628 p.)

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Chapter 1 What Is Folk Literature?
Chapter 2 Ancient Ballads
Chapter 3 Folk Literature in the Han Dynasty
Chapter 4 Folk Songs in the Six Dynasties
Chapter 5 Odes and Songs in the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 6 Bianwen, a Popular Form of Literature in the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 7 Zajuci, a Popular Literary Form in the Song and Jin Periods
Chapter 8 Guzici and Zhugongdiao, Popular Literary Forms Featured with Singing and Saying
Chapter 9 Sanqu, A Type of Verse in the Yuan Dynasty
Chapter 10 Folk Songs in the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 11 Baojuan, a Literary Form Featured with Story-telling and Singing
Chapter 12 Tanci, a Literary Form Featured with Story-telling to the Accompaniment of Stringed Instrument
Chapter 13 Guci and Zidishu, Popular Literary Forms in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Chapter 14 Folk Songs in the Qing Dynasty
Academical Chronology of Zheng Zhenduo
Zheng Zhenduo and His History of Chinese Folk Literature

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