20世纪九十年代以来《庄子》神话研究综述简

《庄子》中存在着大量的神话材料,自王国维开启以神话眼光看《庄子》的先河后,鲁迅、郎擎霄、闻一多、茅盾、顾颉刚等许多学者开始关注《庄子》与神话的关系,并取得了一定的成绩。进入新时期后,对《庄子》神话的研究进入了一个更深更全面的阶段,鉴于此,有必要对研究成果进行一番梳理,有利于推动《庄子》神话研究的发展。《庄子》神话研究成果主要集中在神话与寓言研究、神话原型和意象研究、神话思维研究、神仙思想研究。     

《古事记》神话舞台的构造

《古事记》神话舞台的构造,有天界、人界、冥界、仙界等,这与中国神话舞台的构造大致相同。但《古事记》神话各界的名称多有不同,且《古事记》神话各界之间的通道更具象化。＂根之坚州国＂则是日本神话中所独有的。《古事记》神话世界中可看出中国道教宇宙观的投射。《古事记》神话舞台的构造反映了中日文化接触所导致的受容和变异。     

唐宋徽州程灵洗的神话故事考

程灵洗信仰是由一组神话故事构成的,主要创作于唐宋时期。唐代的神话故事是以徽州的蛟斗事件为依据,以晋许逊的斩蜃故事为蓝本,以唐高宗的千年石刻和武周革命为背景综合创作而成。宋代的神话故事是对唐代的复述,但在细节表达上发生了一些变化,反映了南宋偏安江南的社会现状并受到当时社会流行的性命义理学说影响。     

Cultural policy as mythical narrative

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we argue that policy assumptions are shaped by mythical narratives carrying underlying beliefs and values. Drawing on narrative studies, organisational theory and Gramsci’s cultural hegemony theory, we examine how sense-making narratives create consensus, how they imply causation and individual agency, and finally how narratives fragment to reveal alternatives to hegemonic ‘common sense’ assumptions. Applying this framework to cultural policy we examine the place of mythic, sense-making narratives in the historical development of foundational national cultural policies in the UK and Mexico – respectively, narratives of ‘the civilising mission’ and ‘social transformation’. We then consider narrative emplotment and individualisation underpinning assumptions about individual creativity in the UK creative industries policy. Finally, we address the postmodern turn in narrative studies, showing how fragmented, polysemous narratives fracture cultural policy into ‘personalised truths’ and give voice to other, counter-hegemonic perspectives. We conclude by proposing an agenda for narrative research in cultural policy.