The Research Of "the Mouse Sued The Cat" Story

From the Ming and Qing dynasties to the present,“The mouse sued the cat”story is very popular in many aeras and various of folk literature and art forms,but there are few studies on this story.The author has collected various baojuan,video data,as well as some scriptures from the Kongfz.com which are associated with the story.On the basis of these data,the author tries to find the origin of “The mouse sued the cat”story,do some research about its spreading conditions,and analyze the connotation of the folk customs and faiths hidden in the story.Then from the present inheritance situation of “The mouse sued the cat”story to see the inheritance of folk literature and art,and put forward the proposal.The thesis is divided into six parts:Introduction:To make a interpretation about the purpose and significance of the study on“The mouse sued the cat”story,and the domestic and international research trends are presented in this part.In the first chapter,first,starting from the existing data,the author tries to find the origin of “The mouse sued the cat”story from two aspects:the original time and the background,and then make some reasonable speculations;Then the author describes three types and narrative patterns of the story based on the story text,and a preliminary understanding of“The mouse sued the cat” story is formed.The second chapter analyzes the spreading conditions about “The mouse sued the cat” story from the perspective of popular folk literature and art.This chapter respectively gives specific analysis on the spreading status and characteristics of the story in the form of baojuan,other folk Quyi forms and folk art forms,combining the geographical spread in order to fully explore the trajectory and characteristics of “The mouse sued the cat” story.The third chapter focuses on the analysis and interpretation of thecontent and text of “The mouse sued the cat” story.This part is mainly based on the text of the story,and combines the spreading research with the content research of the story,to give an interpretation about the story from three dimensionals: entertainment,the folk custom connotation and the faith connotation.The fourth chapter,through the research of “The mouse sued the cat”story,the author tries to analyze its contemporary values and the status of inheritance,then pay attention to the living conditions of traditional folk art forms,and put forward the feasible proposal.Conclusion:This part makes a brief summary of the whole study,and makes some explanation and prospect of the deficiency of this thesis and the part that needs further research.Through the comprehensive and systematic research on the origin,spreading and the content of “the mouse sued the cat”story,On the one hand,the author hopes that this research will supplement the relevant materials of the research of “cat and mouse” story type in academia,at the same time,make efforts for the study of animal stories and Chinese folk tales;On the other hand,the author hopes that the social world will be able to give enough attention to the endangered traditional folk art forms of the modern age,value the folklore connotation in traditional folk art forms and value their inheritance and development in the new era.