并列篇名
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The Turmoil within the Crevice: Comedic Discourse Research of "Nun, Taoist Nun, Female Fortune-Teller, Procuress, Matchmaker, Sorceress, Female Pharmacist, Midwife, and Trafficker" in San Yan
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英文摘要
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Late Ming Dynasty fiction writer Feng Meng-Long (馮夢龍) (1574-1646) approved fiction's social function especially, because he thought it can make up for a deficiency of classic books, and books of history, as well as teach people by examples of loyalty, filial piety, integrity and chastity, therefore he compiled San Yan (《三言》) in order to make a comprehensive survey of its chapters. Feng Meng-Long adhered to the intention of bringing enlightenment to the people by emotional education, although the male and female leading roles in the story struggle between true love and the Confucian ethical code, finally, they still choose to return to tradition, in order to manifest the moral principles of ”exhorting to reformation, and punishing evil.” Since Mikhail M. Bakhtin (1895-1975) revealed the function of ”The Third Party” in his fiction theory, the new angle of vision and field of research on supporting roles have been open. The researcher thought the supporting roles in San Yan bear both the narrative functions of serving as a go-between, and bantering and witticism, and their performance conforms to the so-called comic role in Poetics of Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.). Without these supporting roles' acting as medium in the middle position, either intensifying the plot or obstructing the development of the leading characters, perhaps the comic effect of San Yan would not be as great as expectation. This group of marginal figures that have been neglected by the researcher for a long time have the most vivid image as ”nun, Taoist nun, female fortune-teller, procuress, matchmaker, sorceress female pharmacist, midwife, and trafficker.” (「三姑六婆」) The researcher planned to borrow the ”comedic discourse” strategies derived from the theory of discourse analysis of Michael Foucault (1926-1984), and held that under the contrasting tense relationship of the Confucian ethical code and taboo, and through wisecracks and mimicking or other ways, the discourse involves ”sex” in San Yan has become the original power of desire that pushes comedic discourse forward from inspiration to chapters, and more or less, it reflects human's restless turmoil that hides within everyone's deep heart since ancient times; moreover, the voice of supporting roles is beyond the author's penpoint (thought) more often than not, exhibiting a world of ”truth of human nature” in addition to the leading characters, and reflects considerable popular culture at that time as well as the writer's subconsciousness that include the dual comedic characteristics presented from the discourse between the narrator and the roles. Feng Meng-Long's cognition for humor in his early years became his attitude for viewing ordinary people in the society. The researcher attempted to open up the comedic discourse research of ”nun, Taoist nun, female fortune-teller, procuress, matchmaker, sorceress, female pharmacist, midwife, and trafficker” that have extremely obvious characteristics of the common people besides the traditional happy reunion comedy exposition of San Yan.
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