摘要
The complex relationship between China＇s written literature and its oral storytelling tradition is a fascinating field of research, and the contributors to this volume all deal with interesting aspects of it from the Ming dynasty to the present. There are numerous problems confronting the modern scholar delving into this field. The spoken word is of course ephemeral--vanishing the instant it is spoken. In modem times, recording equipment has been brought to bear upon this problem, and, while this certainly hellas orovide crucial information,
The complex relationship between China＇s written literature and its oral storytelling tradition is a fascinating field of research, and the contributors to this volume all deal with interesting aspects of it from the Ming dynasty to the present. There are numerous problems confronting the modern scholar delving into this field. The spoken word is of course ephemeral--vanishing the instant it is spoken. In modem times, recording equipment has been brought to bear upon this problem, and, while this certainly hellas orovide crucial information,
