Ancient novels and mythology religion

Author: Xiao Bing
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book primarily discusses the relationship between mythology, religion, and ancient fiction, focusing on their influences and also touching upon their counter-influences.
Chapter 1 mainly introduces general knowledge of mythology and religion, highlighting certain key points of their role as cultural backgrounds for the emergence and development of fiction.
Chapter 2 centers on supernatural tales, introducing the content of early fiction, the relationship between representative supernatural tales and mythology/religion, as well as their connection to primitive science fiction.
Chapter 3 focuses on the dominant role of Taoism in immortal tales literature, discussing their types and connotations.
Chapter 4 explores the connection between consciously created fiction and the aforementioned themes.
Chapter 5 emphasizes the influence of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, as well as their core concepts, on fiction, analyzed from the perspectives of cultural history and national character psychology.
Connecting the chapters is the cultural psychology reflected by fiction, religion, and mythology, and its impact on ancient literature. The methodology primarily emphasizes cultural anthropology, with some interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analysis. The author has published various works and papers on this topic and hopes to combine them for critical review when possible.