Classical Chinese Supernatural Fiction

Classical Chinese Supernatural Fiction PDF Author: Xiaohuan Zhao
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Book Description
This is the first attempt ever made at a systematic analysis of classical Chinese supernatural fiction known as zhiguai under the morphological framework designed by Vladimir Propp (1928) and later developed by Alan Dundes (1964). The focus is on a synchronic presentation of textual features and structural patterns of zhiguai fiction, but the book includes a general review of zhiguai literature from Sahnhai Jin to Liaozhai Zhiyi.