Reserach Of The Problem Of Chinese Epic In The Music Cultural Background

The questions about epic in Chinese is mainly concerned with 3 key questions: first, does Chinese literature has epic? Second, why there is no epic in Chinese literature. Third, Why Chinese narrative poems of “the book of songs" not fully developed, Like the western "epic" Homa? This passage mainly focus on the kereinathed 3 questions, with 4 chapter.In the first chapter, a comprehensine ad detailed conclusion about the research of epic problem will be made to uncover, the origin ad developing process of the problem. To take all-round historical look at the problem, sort out the opinions of different schools, make out its origin aole explore its cause of formation. The study of the epic problem is a dynamic development process, whose searching focus is changing with the development of tiees.Chapter two is mainly talk about the classical epic, which will totally explain the epic’s formulation character in its content, form and function aspect. And I will talk about its unduplicatedness from its form back ground and material. Through the epic comparation between East and West, showing epic element exiting Daya Zhou clan epic.Chapter three will explain the theory and scholor value in probing Chinese epic problem under the culture background of etiquette music. The Book of Songs has a close. Relationship with etiquette music culture.Zhou dynasty’s etiquette music culture is the mother culture of the Book of Songs, and its national character formed under the royalty center,besides,it has a great effect on the Book of Song’s theme, the method of production and form of performance.The Book of Songs, as the first poetry anthology in literature history,inheriting and spreading the spirit of etiquette music culture.It’s meaningful to discuss Chinese epic problem from etiquette music aspect.Chapter four is the most important of in the whole passage. Proding the shortage of Chinese epic under etiquette music background, the real reason why the Daya Zhou clan poem epic element development suffer limitation. Baced on the former three chapters, this chapter will deeply prode etiquette music civilization system combined by Zhou dynasty’s etiquette system and the thought of rule by rites, as well as how to dismiss savage time formed in the Book of Song vs Daya Zhou ethic epic and the epic element of its content, form and function. Etiquette music civilization is a sort of early wisdom culture. The ancient people had eliminated the savage time in the early wisdom’s reason thought. Pratical thought and the premature awaken ethic thought and social order. The content including: the elimination of God theme, war theme and hero theme.The form including: the elimination of harangue and narration character. The function aspect including: the elimination of history of about function, dictation, profane entertainment and ethnic group self-identity function.The basic cognition and conclusion of this curticle: firstly, Han literature theory is not the same with epic in western literature theory. Secondly, Daya, a narrative poem in the Zhou dynasty, has epic element in content, form and function. Thirdly, propriety and music culture, as culture basic of The Book of Songs, has national character, which is the dynasty with epic elements.All in all, under the background of propriety and music culture, expounding epic questions of Chinese epic.It not only casts off conventions used by western literary theory to research Chinese literature, and explain some special phenomenons and requlutions exist in origin and development of Chinese literature in ancient times, but also show basic characters of a nation’s culture and literary creation.