蒙古族说书艺人何以养成——基于近代艺人寺院教育背景的考察

The Way to Be a Mongolian Storyteller--Based on the Investigation of Modern Artist’s Temple Education Experience

近代艺人作为蒙古族说书传统的开创者,探讨其具有普遍性意义的寺院教育背景,可帮助了解说书艺人的素质养成问题。分析了近代说书艺人在寺院的教育环境中掌握了文字、积累了书面文化知识、练就了记忆和即兴创作能力,谙熟口传音乐艺术技艺,这些共同助推了他们日后的说书实践。提出作为主要讲述书面本子故事的口头说唱特殊门类——蒙古族说书,其实践者近代艺人的素质养成与纯粹口耳相传的文盲艺人有着明显的差异,其成长过程中书写文化与口传文化相互依存,相得益彰。

As the pioneers of the Mongolian storytelling tradition,the analysis of modern entertainers temple education experience can demonstrate the quality of storytellers,who have learned to read and write in the temples,accumulated written cultural knowledge,improved ability of reciting and creating,and were good at music,which jointly promoted their storytelling practice in the future.Mongolian storytellers with the quality of modern practitioners are different from illiterate artists,and their written and spoken culture are interdependent and complement with each other.