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"QiYanlu" And The Middle Age Jokes Collection

Posted on:2010-12-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:P J MaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360278996906Subject:Chinese classical literature
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"QiYanlu" is a jokes collection which completely preserving in medieval period. All types of bibliography signed by the name of HouBai. In fact, the author is not HouBai, it should be come from the hands of people, it is the crystallization of collective creation. A book of its time is in the "SuiShu" completely year, which between Taizong Zhenguan fifteen years (641 years) to Xuanzong Kaiyuan eleven years (723 years). "QiYanlu" preserved a large number of folk jokes, using a variety of ingenious rhetorical devices, laughing fools and silly things, criti- cizing corrupt officials, satirizing Buddhist monks. The contents are very colorful.The language is easy to understand.The style is humorous and lively.These outline a picture of the Middle Age people's customs lives.It provided valuable information for us to understand the ord- inary people's psychology and social status,it is a strong refraction to folk cultural, it has profound cultural connotations. Many of these jokes's content and subject matter were not only inherit and develop by future generations jokes collection,but also enriched the type of folk stories in different areas at home and abroad .It have an impact on comic performing arts in future generations. In the "QiYanlu "'s a number of compiled books, the most valuable one is Dunhuang testament preserving contained four types of 40 jokes with the number of S.610. Early Song "Taiping Collections" compiled richful, for 69 jokes. After a study we found that of future generations "LeiShuo", "XuBaichuan xuehai", "Shuofu", "GuangHuaji" such books, serials, humor in the album included jokes basic come from"Taiping Collections"of the system.The system of Dunhuang and "Taiping Collections" have similarities and differences between each other. It provided important clues and information to inspect it's author, a book of it's time, the Middle Age of joke books collection and spread issue. It is an important template for the study of Chinese ancient jokes, and have enlightenment significance for the compilation of the jokes to future generations.Therefore, "QiYanlu" have value in Classical Literature.Popular Literature, Linguistics, Folklore, Aesthetics, Cultural studies. The article will be research the author and "QiYanlu "'s time, carding the two versions, careful analyzing it's ideological content and artistic devices.In-depth thinking of culture significance, through all times and in all vertical and horizontal compar-ison highlight the status of "QiYanlu" in the history of the joke arts.And use two versions of the spreadbased system to explore the compilation of jokes in general, expect to comprehensive and systematic recognize the whole development trace of Chinese ancient jokes collection.The introduction of article defined important concepts involved in it,brief introduce the research status and significance.Chapter one is mainly in literature research, comprehensive and meticulous study it's author, it is completely by reference WangLiqi,ZhangHongxun, CaoLindi and other scholars's research results. Thus compared the similarities and differences between two versions of the system. Chapter two summary it's ideological content,and slightly talk about it's social atmosphere, detailly analyze the best jokes,and explore the source of story,the impact it have on joke creation on future generations. Chapter three introduce the artistic feature of in these point of view rhetoric, voice, characters, mode of funny characters. Chapter four brief introduce the Middle Ages of jokes collection, carding jokes's history of the origins and development, highlighted it's distinguishing feature in the Middle Age. And beginning from two systems, explore the general character- ristics of the compilation and the spread.In addition, the author signed by the joke collection is an object of study problem.Chapter five through the folk jokes and Literati's humorous comparison.The Middle Age, the Ming and Qing Dynasties jokes comparison, China jokes and West humorous comparion illustrate the unique significance of "QiYanlu". Also from "QiYanlu", and from the cultural dimensions, in-depth thinking of joke reflected all in human life, judge the important research and signify- cance.As GuoMoruo said:"staying in the civil's literature in contemporary is the privileged class think as vulgar, the old-fashioned .In fact, this is the real art orthodox." Folk jokes reflected the social outlook and people's life situations vividly. "QiYanlu" as a comprehensive expres-sion of folk jokes in Middle Age, have an important research value and significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:"QiYanlu", folk jokes, ideological content, Artistic features, cultural reflections, Value and significance
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