عنوان

FACTUAL FRAMING IN "LIAO ZHAI ZHI YI"

Number

LA99259

Title Proper

FACTUAL FRAMING IN "LIAO ZHAI ZHI YI"

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Charles E. Hammond

Text of Note

Pu Songling 蒲松齡 (1640-1715) and other agents frame many of the stories in his Liao zhai zhi yi 聊齋誌異 (Strange Tales from Make-do Studio) as credible accounts of something that has actually happened. Pu sometimes acts as an extradiegetic narrator, sometimes as a heterodiegetic narrator. Many of his stories have metatextual commentaries. Examination of these narrators and comments provides convincing evidence that Pu often actually believed that many of these stories recount events that had actually occurred. Some of the stories are obvious legends, others are presented by real people, or are attested to by witnesses or other corroborating evidence. Given our understanding of the fact that many of the stories are narratives other people tell to Pu, one can also understand the genesis of many of them as unintentional fictions.

Date of Publication

2006

Physical description

205--230

Title

Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volume Number

59-2

Charles E. Hammond

Country

ایران

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

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Y