Ancient Novels and Mythology Religion -- A Brief Introduction to Ancient Novel Culture Series

Author: Xiao Bing, Zhou Li
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book primarily discusses the relationship between mythology, religion, and ancient fiction, focusing on the influence while also touching upon the counter-influence.
Chapter 1 mainly introduces general knowledge of mythology and religion, highlighting certain key aspects of their role as the cultural background 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, covering their types and connotations.
Chapter 4 explores the connection between consciously created fiction and the aforementioned elements.
Chapter 5 emphasizes the infiltration of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, as well as their core concepts, into fiction from the perspectives of cultural history and national character psychology.
Connecting the chapters is the cultural psychology reflected by fiction, religion, and mythology, as well as its influence on ancient literature. The methodology primarily emphasizes cultural anthropology, with some interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analysis. The authors have published various works and papers on this topic and hope to combine them for critique when possible.