On Narrative of Literary Folklore

Mei Dongwei

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4) : 76-83.

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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4) : 76-83.
Modern and Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism

On Narrative of Literary Folklore

  • Mei Dongwei
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As an interdisciplinary study of folklore and narratology, folk narrative is an indispensible component in the construction of Chinese narratology and an important dimension in the study of literary folkloristics. However, due to the ambiguity of the term and the lack of consensus of its academic parlance, "folklore narrative" has incurred much inconvenience to relevant studies. From the perspective of literary folkloristics, when the folk culture as a phenomenon in narratological text of fictions is to be defined, it is more appropriate to replace folklore narrative with the narrative of literary folklore. Narrative of literary folklore focuses on the narrative as a story, aiming to provide a grounded folk and narratological interpretation for various types of narratives of literature folklore. The paper concludes that research into the narrative of literary folklore will open a new dimension in Chinese narratology and holds unique importance to the study of the history of novels and cultural history and the history of novels.

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folklore narrative / Chinese narratology / literary folkloristics / narrative of literary folklore

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(2)宋德胤认为文艺民俗即“具有文艺性质的民俗事象”(宋德胤,47),具体指民俗文艺和作家作品中的文艺民俗事象,广义的文艺民俗则涵盖了造型艺术、绘画艺术、表演艺术、综合艺术中的民俗事象。秦耕认为文艺民俗学的研究对象也是文艺民俗和民俗文艺,但他的文艺民俗并非民俗事象,而是“指从内容上探讨文艺与民俗的关系,进而探求文艺民俗学的基本理论问题”(秦耕,60),从全书来看,这里的文艺民俗或许是“文艺与民俗的交叉点结合部”,它涵盖了诸如文艺的民俗起源、民俗心理、民俗关系、民俗事象和民俗特征等内容。而秦耕的民俗文艺的内涵与外延也较为宽泛,它打破了雅俗和艺术门类的界限,包括了诸如民俗小说、民俗歌曲、民俗戏剧、民俗烹饪、民俗建筑和民俗服饰。所谓文艺即文学艺术,秦、宋二位学者显然不适当地夸大了文艺的外延。
(3)参武文:“民俗叙事方式与民俗学话语系统”,《民间文化论坛》2(2005):23-27;王立刘卫英:“明清雹灾与雹神崇拜的民俗叙事”,《晋阳学刊》5(2011):116-22;聂家昕:“由单族群的‘神祇'到跨族群的‘村落神'——关于一个朝鲜族、汉族混居村落‘山神祭祀圈'的民俗叙事”,《华南农业大学学报(社科版)》(4)2009:120-29。这组论文均以现实生活中的民俗活动为考察对象。
(4)这类研究如陈勤建《文艺民俗学》(上海:上海文化出版社,2009年);陈勤建:“人学观的演进与艺术民俗学的构建”,《民族艺术》(3)2008:116-19;陈勤建:“文艺民俗批评的理论基础与实践应用”,《广西民族学院学报(社会科学版)》(6)2000:36-42。沈梅丽陈勤建:“文艺民俗学:近三十年交叉研究走向”,《文艺理论研究》(4)2014:85-91。宋德胤:“文艺民俗与中国特色——对文艺民俗批评的思考”,《毛泽东思想研究》(12)2000:138-47。朱希祥、李晓华:“文艺民俗与日常生活审美化”,《文艺理论研究》(6)2007:54-60。等等。
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