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The Independent Female Image in Feng Menglong’s Jing Shi Tong Yan

  • 인문논총
  • 2022, 57(), pp.51-71
  • Publisher : Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : December 31, 2021
  • Accepted : February 3, 2022
  • Published : February 28, 2022

WEN LI 1 Kim, Tae-shik 1

1경남대학교

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ABSTRACT

Feng Menglong was an outstanding popular literature in Ming Dynasty. "San Yan" (Yu Shi Ming Yan, Jing Shi Tong Yan and Xing Shi Heng Yan) compiled by him were a monument in the development history of Chinese short vernacular novels, as well as the representative work in Ming Dynasty. "San Yan" is not only rich in content and changeable in subject matter, but also includes the essence of folk literature works such as operas and legendary novels since Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Jing Shi Tong Yan is the second of the three classics of "San Yan". There are many distinct folk figures in Jing Shi Tong Yan, which shows a wealth of civil society life. Some vivid female images in the works are very representative, which can still be described as the original. This kind of few female images pursuing personality independence undoubtedly added a new aesthetic perspective and a more three-dimensional dimension to the group images of traditional street novels. This made great contributions to the study of women's social status, existence value and gradual sprouting anti-feudal imprisonment consciousness. It is of great research value. Up to now, there is little research on women's independent images in the Chinese literary. This paper focuses on women's images in the book and emphasizes their independent characters, combine out the representative women's independent images so as to have a clearer understanding of women's self-positioning and value embodiment at that time.

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