“中国叙事文化学”与大禹传说叙事话语体系

Chinese Narrative Culturology and the Narrative Discourse System of the Legend of Yu the Great

“中国叙事文化学”是宁稼雨教授提出的关于中国古代叙事文学研究的一种理论方法。将中国叙事文化学运用于大禹传说的研究,可以发现不同的叙述者从不同立场出发所叙述的大禹传说呈现出截然不同的面貌。在中国古代的帝王话语、士人话语和市民话语三种不同的话语体系下,大禹传说相关叙事形成了不同的叙事系统。运用中国叙事文化学进行大禹传说的研究,可以了解不同叙事话语体系下大禹传说发展演变的轨迹,进而发现其背后的深层文化内涵。

“Chinese narrative culturology”is a theoretical approach proposed by Professor Ning Jiayu in the study on ancient Chinese narrative literature.Applying this approach to the study of the legend of Yu the Great,we can find the different aspects of the legend from comprehensive perspectives of the diverse narrators.In the three different discourse systems of ancient China--the emperors’,scholars’,and civilians’,the legend of Yu the Great gave rise to the multifarious narrative systems.By utilizing Chinese narrative culturology to conduct research on the legend of Yu the Great,it is easy to understand the trajectory of its development and evolution under the specific narrative discourse systems,and to discover and master the underlying cultural connotations.