卫拉特—卡尔梅克英雄故事与英雄史诗比较研究

Comparative Studies of Oirat-Kalmyk Heroic Tales and Heroic Epics

卫拉特—卡尔梅克民间故事中有一类讲述英雄事迹的故事,既无英雄史诗的韵文体形式,也不属于魔法故事,是一种独特的文类,我们称之为“英雄故事”。英雄故事与英雄史诗的关系密切,二者不仅有诸多共性,也有很多不同之处。多数英雄故事和英雄史诗都在相同的文化历史条件下形成,但以不同的形式发展和演变并传承至今。笔者通过比较研究,认为卫拉特—卡尔梅克英雄故事与英雄史诗是两个不同的民间文学种类,但两者的内容、故事情节有诸多相似之处。

There are bunches of folk tale among Oirat-Kalmyk peoples,nor has which verse style,neither connection to magic plots.It is unique as a category that we named here of heroic tales.The heroic tales are intimately related to the kind of heroic epic,both of them demonstrate more or less similarities and dissimilarities.Both heroic tales and heroic epics have taken their forms from shared source and condition while developed in mutually different trajectories and ultimately become independent genres.The two folk genres tell similar matters,weave similar plots,though different in category.