一个机智人物故事的原型与流传——AT1635A型故事的中国原型探寻

On the Search of the Prototype of the AT1635A Story in China

AT1 6 3 5 A型故事是世界范围内广为流传的著名民间故事类型。本文通过对中国这一机智人物故事类型的 5 1个异文进行结构性的分析 ,构拟出该类型故事在中国的原型 ,初步推断出这一原型的发源地为湖北中西部 ,以口头传播为特征 ;徐文长故事的书面传播对推动这一故事类型的广为流传起了重要的作用 ,其书面传播呈现出跳跃性特征。通过对这个故事类型产生和流行原因的分析 ,指出了这类以智慧为核心 ,以“欺骗”

The type of AT1635A is a worldwide famous folklore story. This thesis, through the structural analysis of 51 transcripts of this type folklore stories, makes up their origin form and concludes that the place of origin is the middle-west of Hubei Province, China. On the basis of the analysis above, it points out that the reasonability of the formation and spreading of this type of stories, which, taking wisdom as its core, characterizes 'cheating'.