论白马藏族的民间故事——以陇南白马藏族故事为中心

Types and Artistic Features of Baima Tibetan Folk Stories——Centered at Longnan Baima Tibetan Stories

白马藏族民间故事是该民族创造并传承的口头文学作品,包括传奇故事、生活故事、爱情故事、动植物故事、官民故事等;这些故事有丰富的思想内容反映白马藏族社会生活以及白马民众理想愿望,在艺术上具有形象塑造区域化、纪实与幻想兼容化、情节结构程式化、表现手法多样化、语言运用本族化等特点,堪称中国文学和我国少数民族历史文化宝库中的一块奇珍。

Baima Tibetan folk stories are oral literature created by Baima Tibetan people which reflect their social lives and their wishes.The folk stories may be understood in both broad and narrow senses. Considering the existing situation, the stories will be better understood in a narrow sense, i.e., as oral prose narrative works other than myths and tales. The stories include legendary stories, daily life stories, love and marriage stories and plant/animal stories. The stories are distinctively featured in regional materials, integration of culture of different nations, schemed plot structures and diversified methods of expressions.