Eternal Storyteller
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Author_Vibeke Boerdahl
Bai Juyi
Baike
Birthday
Buddhist storytelling China
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Chinese oral traditions
Chinese Storytelling
comparative oral literature research
dynasty
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Folk Book
folk narrative genres
Follow
Holds
john
literature
Lu Xun
Luo Guanzhong
Make Up
Makeup
margin
oral
Oral Literature
performance studies
quyi performance analysis
San Guo
Shi Xiu
Shuihu Zhuan
Shuochang
song
tang
Tang Dynasty
tradition
Traditional Referentiality
water
Women's Script
Wu Song
Xiyou Ji
Yangtze
Yangtze River
Yangzhou Suzhou case studies
Young Men
Zhang Fei
zhu
Product details
- ISBN 9780700709823
- Weight: 880g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Nov 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Chinese storytelling has survived through more than a millennium into our own time, while similar oral arts have fallen into oblivion in the West. Under the main heading of 'The Eternal Storyteller', in August 1996 the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies hosted an International Workshop on Oral Literature in Modern China. To this meeting, the first of its kind in Europe, five special guests were invited - master tellers from Yangzhou: Wang Xizotang, Li Xintang, Fei Zhengliang, Dai Buzhang and Hui Zhaolong.
The volume derived from this meeting includes an introductory article written by John Miles Foley entitled 'A Comparative View on Oral Traditions'. Thereafter, a wide range of topics relating to Chinese oral literature is covered under the headings: 'Historical Lines', 'A Spectrium of Genres', 'Studies of Yangzhou and Suzhou Story- telling' and 'Performances of Yangzhou Storytelling'.
However, the present volume does more than include papers derived from the meeting. It is also lavishly illustrated in word and picture from performances by the guest-storytellers. In so doing, the world of Chinese story telling is not just described and analysed - it is also brought to life.
Vibeke Boerdahl University of Oslo, Norway, Institute of East European and Oriental Studies
