Ping-Chiu Yen

Chinese Demon Tales

Meanings and Parallels in Oral Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1990, is a thematic analysis of five tales of early vernacular Chinese literature in light of literary, historical, philological sources and folkloristic methodologies in order to see to what extent tales of an intrinsically religious nature can offer meanings in the oral tradition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367773540
• ISBN-10: 0367773546
• Artikelnr.: 69936097

Autorenporträt

Ping-Chiu Yen

Inhaltsangabe

1. Current Methodologies in Folklore and Mythology 2. Summaries of the
Tales 3. Thematic Analysis: Lord's Theory in Application to Chinese
Material 3.1. The Theme of the Spring or Qing-Ming Festival 3.2. The Theme
of the Journey 3.3. The Theme of Wine Drinking 3.4. The Theme of the
Otherworld Journey 3.5. The Theme of the Otherworld Hostess 3.6. The Theme
of the Feast 3.7. The Theme of the Sexual Escapade or Marriage Proposal
3.8. The Theme of Horrification 3.9. The Theme of Acquiring Medicine or
Medical Knowledge 3.10. The Theme of Escape 3.11. The Theme of Return 3.12.
Repetition of Themes 3.13. The Theme of Demon's Visit or Reencounter with
Demon 3.14. The Theme of Exorcism 3.15. Ending 3.16. The Thematic Pattern
4. A Search for Possible Meanings 4.1. Meanings in Chinese Tradition 4.2
Meanings in Cross-Cultural Traditions