| The study of Baojuan began in the 1920 s,and through the unremitting efforts of several generations of scholars,many important research results have been obtained.However,Xiaojuan,as a very important type of Baojuan,has received less attention from the academia,which has formed the huge disparity with the the research value of xiaojuan itself.The emergence and development of the xiaojuan is not only based on the internal evolution of the Baojuan,but also reflects the evolution of the whole modern folk literature and art.It widely exists in the Northern and Southern Baojuan which is rich in content and diverse in form.The author collected and sorted nearly 300 kinds of Xiaojuan,discussed their the classification,characteristics and functions,and expected to excavate the deeper social value hidden behind it.The main body of the thesis can be divided into three parts:In the first chapter of the thesis,it mainly combined the production of Xiaojuan and its development process.Besides,it summarized the basic literature situation of the Northern and Southern Xiaojuan briefly.On this basis,it introduced the features of the Southern Xiaojuan and the three main existing forms of the Xiaojuan in the north.In the second chapter,it took the Northern Xiaojuan as the main research object,classified the Xiaojuan from its source and content firstly,then analyzed the specific contents of each kind of Xiaojuan and introduced the way of transcribing the Southern Xiaojuan in detail on the basis of text collation.Next,it discussed the function and value of XIojuan from the South.In the third chapter,taking the Northern Xiaojuan as the main research object,the thesis divided it into four categories from the source,analyze and interpret the specific contents of each type of Xiaojuan.After that,the thesis have related and analyzed the its two typical characteristics of persuading people to do good and being distinctive.Finally,I made a comparison between the function and the Southern Xiaojuan,which highlighted the unique value of the Xiaojuan in the North.Through the induction and analysis of Xiaojuan,this thesis discussed the emergence and development of Xiaojuan,the content and the functions Northern and Southern Xiaojuan,and explains the types,characteristics and value of Xiaojuan.As a very important part of the Baojuan,the author hopes that this research can supplement the relevant materials of the academia and form a relatively complete Xiaojuan research system.Besides,the author also hopes it can arouse the enthusiasm of the whole society for the study of Baojuan and the folk literature and art,and then promote their inheritance and development in the new period. |
