dc.description.abstract | This paper covers the studies on narratives of animals in the Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties. Animal narratives have been handed down through both oral instruction and the text. The oral instruction has been written into the text, which one may see “Chinese Folktales in volumes”, published by Chinese Wen-Lien Press and “Chinese Folktales Collection Works ", published by Yuan Liu Press, and “Chinese Animal Narratives ", edited and filed by Kao Chi-Cheng. In the preparation of this paper, there are great a great number of fables, parables and special edited works in the Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties are used, such as Liu Chi’s book Yu-Li-Tzu, Sung Lien’s books on swallow and Lung-Men-Tzu stories, Chiang Yin-Ke’s Shueh-Tao novels, Peng Men-Lung’s Shiao-Fu, Chao Nan-Hsin’s Shiao-Chan, Wu Wuo-Yao’s witty book, and others. The above are sources and references for this paper. Textual works in the Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties represent in the form of special collections, and yet they are kind of looseness and miscellanies. This makes readers difficult to grasp a complete picture. Consequently the paper illustrates the narratives based on integrated works of editors. The sources and references include literature collections or notes in hopes that the distinctive animal narratives can be presented in full. It may also reflect the style and features of times and the reality of a society.
The first chapter of this paper starts with introduction, dealing with research motives and purposes, defining research scope and methods for “animal narratives” and touching on the findings of previous researchers. Chapter 2 deals with categories of animal narratives, and comparison of fables of animals, fairy tales and legends. Chapter 3 illustrates animals and stories handing down in an oral way or in writing. Chapter 4 describes history background of the Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties, eminent animal fable writers and deals with cause of writing animal narratives in the Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties. Chapter 5 explores the artistic representation of animal narratives in the Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties, and separately describes the animal narratives written in the form of books or volumes in the general or scholastic circle, and structure and theme Chapter 6 discusses animal narratives in the Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties in the aspect values of literature and education. Chapter 7 presents a bibliography
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