民间文学的收集整理与人类学研究——以洪水神话和族群认同研究为例

Collecting and Sorting Out Folk Literature and the Study of Anthropology——Taking Flood Myth and Ethnic Identity as an Example

本文以西南和中南少数民族民间故事中的洪水神话对人类学族群认同研究的作用为例,说明民间文学作品对人类学研究的作用。指出,由于民间文学收集整理方面的原因,致使它作为人类学研究资料具有不足之处。

By taking the example that the flood myth in ethnic minorities in southwest and southeast of China has played a positive role in the study of ethnic identity, this paper illustrates that folk literature has contributed to the study of anthropology. It is also pointed out that folk literature, as the research material, has its deficiency because it is difficult to be collected and sorted out.