中国神话研究的民俗学派——杨利慧的神话学思想及其实践

The Folkloric School of Chinese Mythology——Mythological Thoughts and Practices of Yang Lihui

杨利慧是1990年代以来中国神话学领域的代表性学者之一,她20多年来致力于推进中国神话学的创新。从1990年代的女娲神话研究,到2000年以后译介域外学术理论并向外介绍中国神话;从开设相关课程并撰写神话学教材,到编纂中国神话母题索引;从现代口承神话的民族志研究,到当代语境下的神话主义探讨……杨利慧的学术实践不仅极大推动了中国神话学的发展,也直接促进了中国民俗学的当代转型。将其神话学思想置于中国民俗学转型的学术史语境中,就会看到民俗学的理论与方法在神话研究领域的独特优势与魅力。

Yang Lihui is one of representative researchers of Chinese mythology since 1990s.She was devoted to promote academic innovation of Chinese mythology over the last 20 years.This paper examines her academic thoughts and practices with a focus on her perspective of folklore.Through studying the myths of Nuwa in 1990s,translating and introducing the related scholarship and martial between China and English world after 2000,composing the motif index of Chinese mythology,teaching courses on mythology and writing textbook,exploring the myths orally transmitted in contemporary China and the mythologism in contemporary context… Her research greatly promotes Chinese myth studies and folklore as well.When we put her research into the context of contemporary Chinese folklore studies,we will find that the theory and method of folklore have a unique advantage when studying myth.