马来灰姑娘型故事的叙事结构和文化内涵分析

The Analysis on the Narrative Structure and Cultural Connotation in the Malay Cinderella Stories

《红葱和白蒜》是流传于马来群岛的灰姑娘型故事,存在多个异文文本,已在马来西亚和印度尼西亚被翻拍成多部影视作品。红葱白蒜的故事与泰国、越南、中国以及西方国家的灰姑娘型故事对比,母题数量适中,即多于中国和西方但少于泰国和越南。在叙事结构上,故事中的人物品性、亲缘关系和人与自然的关系表现出明显的二元对立结构。从马来灰姑娘型故事的叙事结构特点可以进一步看出马来民族相信善恶有报、要求女性隐忍顺从并依附男性的价值观,也体现了马来人对美好婚姻家庭的向往。

Bawang Putih Bawang Merah is a Malay version of Cinderella story which is wide spread in Malay Archipelago.It has been reproduced into multiple films and TV series in Malaysia and Indonesia.Bawang Putih Bawang Merah has moderate number of motifs compared to other versions,that is more than Chinese version and the Western version but less than Thai and Vietnamese version.This essay aims to analyze the binary opposition in the narrative structure of Bawang Putih Bawang Merah from the character,kinship and relationship between human and nature.By analyzing the narrative structure,this essay intends to display the various cultural connotation of Malay ethnic.