RATIONAL MYTHOS AND IRRATIONAL LOGOS: THE NARRATIVE FORMS OF CHINA’S ‘SHE’ PEOPLE

Yan SAI

Makale detayları

RATIONAL MYTHOS AND IRRATIONAL LOGOS: THE NARRATIVE FORMS OF CHINA’S ‘SHE’ PEOPLE

Yazarlar:

Yan SAI

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences 2015 Vol.3, pp.25-37

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000659494

Özet:

 


This article considers the myths of China’s She people in the light of
the distinction made by western mythographers between mythos and logos.  In the analysis of ancient Greek myths, mythos
and logos have been seen as standing for irrational and rational
elements, respectively. Within the Chinese education system, however, myths and
history are not rigorously separated, and people believe that myths tell of
real events that happened in prehistoric times. 
By examining my collections of She narrative epics and graphic
depictions of these stories, I will suggest that the association of logos with
the rational and mythos with the irrational is reversed in the She case,
and that the effective transmission of the epics down the generations has
required the adoption of rational elements to the oral tradition or mythos, whilst
the sacred or irrational component of the stories is preserved in the graphic
depictions or logos.

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Makale detayları

RATIONAL MYTHOS AND IRRATIONAL LOGOS: THE NARRATIVE FORMS OF CHINA’S ‘SHE’ PEOPLE

Yazarlar: Yan SAI

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences 2015 Vol.3, pp.25-37

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2015

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000659494

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yan SAI

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences 2015 Vol.3, pp.25-37

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000659494