English and Scotch Fairy Tales

The subject of this article is a zār song about a female character, Umm al-Ghulam (‘mother of the boy’), recorded in a Lower Egyptian village in 1980. The song is short and ambiguous. There is a zār spirit by that name, but there is also a Cairene saint who carries the same name. Zār songs in Egypt invoke both zār spirits and saints; so who are we dealing with in this song?     

童话王国民俗见闻

位于北欧的丹麦是世界著名的“美人鱼”的故乡,又因作家安徒生的童话而成为“童话王国”。丹麦独特的风土人情和自然景观,吸引着中外大批游客。     

神奇故事的结构研究与历史研究

《故事形态学》一书的俄文版出版于1928年。在当时它引起的反响是双重的。一方面,一些民间文艺学家,民族志学家和文艺学家对它表示了欢迎。另一方面,也有人指责作者是形式主义,而且这类指责直至今日还在重复。     

古远而丰厚的沉淀--试论几组黎族神话和神奇故事的文化意蕴

在漫长的历史进程中,黎族人民创造了绚丽多彩的民间文学。这些民间口传作品蕴涵着黎族社会历史发展过程中所形成的丰厚的文化积淀。本文试通过几组类型化的黎族民间文学作品的分析论述,探讨其中的文化意蕴。     

Beyond Exemplar Tales: Women's Biography in Chinese History

This volume brings together accounts of biographies of women covering a span of history from the Han dynasty to the mid-twentieth century.Its aim is to define and provide interpretive clues on the genre.It is,as the editors Joan Judge and Hu Ying point out,partly a study of epistemology,as many of the authors grapple with the issue of whether or not historians can claim to know the lives,including the inner worlds,of Chinese women through time,using biographical information.That seems to me a bit of a "straw wo/man," for knowledge of historical subjects is always mediated by sources.Nonetheless,the contributors,writing from the perspective of history or literature studies,bring a wide variety of viewpoints to bear on questions of the usefulness of women's biography for understanding changes in society,and in the process introduce some fascinating Chinese women.     

Fouffeen Mountain Summits:the Dreams and Glory of Chinese Mountaineers

As the first mountaineering team to challenge the fourteen world‘s highest mountain summits,these Chinese mountaineers have finally realized their dream.They are all ethnic Tibetans and have gone through hardship and dangers over the years;some of them have even contributed their lives to the realization of the project.Finally,three of them have accomplished it and set a marvelous record in world mountaineering that is unprecedented.     

Fouffeen Mountain Summits:the Dreams and Glory of Chinese Mountaineers

As the first mountaineering team to challenge the fourteen world's highest mountain summits,these Chinese mountaineers have finally realized their dream.They are all ethnic Tibetans and have gone through hardship and dangers over the years;some of them have even contributed their lives to the realization of the project.Finally,three of them have accomplished it and set a marvelous record in world mountaineering that is unprecedented.     

羊角村 误入童话深处

<正>如果这世界上真的有童话,我相信它一定发生在荷兰羊角村(Giethoorn)。虽然早就在网上看过无数关于羊角村的照片,但只有当自己真的置身这里,骑行在洒满阳光的乡间小路,乘船穿过开满鲜花的村庄,倾听过这里安逸悠长的时光,才会明白为什么那么多人会爱上这里。