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InitiatorsVibeke BørdahlText Jette Ross Jens-Christian
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Traditional Oral Culture in the Modern Media World of Asia - The case of Chinese StorytellingProject leader Vibeke Børdahl
The relationship between oral and written traditions in the oral and oral-related genres of Chinese literature is investigated from a diachronic and synchronic descriptive perspective. Focus is on the story "Wu Song Fights the Tiger", handed down in written genres for reading and for performance since around 1300, and in oral genres of performance with broad distribution in different dialectal areas of China. The main topics of research are:
Output: 'The Storyteller's Manner in Chinese Storytelling, Asian Folklore Studies, 2003, Vol. 62-1, pp.65-112. Tiger, tiger! Wu Song og tigeren i kinesisk historiefortælling [Tyger, tyger! Wu Song and the tiger in Chinese Storytelling] , with photos by Jette Ross, Vandkunsten Forlag, København, 2004. (with Fei Li and Huang Ying eds): Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling. Full-length Repertoires of Yangzhou Storytelling on Video. Monograph with DVD 60 minutes. NIAS Press, 2004. ‘The Voice of Wang Shaotang in Yangzhou Storytelling’, CHINOPERL Papers, 2004-5, No.25, pp.1-33. 'Storytellers' Scripts in the Yangzhou pinghua Tradition', Acta Orientalia, 2005, No. 66, pp.227-296. 'A Drumtale on Wu Song Fights the Tiger', CHINOPERL Papers, 2006, No. 27, 40 pages (in press). '"Wu Song and the Empty Tavern" in Yangzhou Storytelling', in Literature and Folklore of China and Neighboring Peoples, Institute of the World Literatures IMLI, Moscow, 2007, 21 pages (in press).
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