The magic love : fairy tales from twenty-first century China / edited and translated by Juwen Zhang with a preface by Jack Zipes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Juwen, author.

Contributor:

Zipes, Jack, 1937- writer of preface.

Series:

International folkloristics ; v. 17.

International folkloristics ; vol. 17

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--China.

Fairy tales.

China.

Physical Description:

xv, 228 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"This book presents a unique collection of fairy tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the first time. Demonstrating the unique continuity of oral tradition through Chinese history, the thirty tales are selected according to the theme of "magic love." Many readers will be familiar with European tales of love and family. These Chinese tales have a very different emphasis. The structural differences are also striking: there are more tales with tragic endings, instead of the famailiar "happily ever after," and many types of tale. They are fascinating to read, and challenging in terms of both morphology and cultural symbolism. Unlike many collections of fairy tales, this book provides contextual information on the tellers, collectors, and time and location of collection, along with an introduction to the Chinese social and cultural background, and folkloristic approaches to fairy tale studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Role of Matchmaking

Tale 1 The Matchmaker Moon Man

Tale 2 Three Treasures

Tale 3 Kongji and Paji

Tale 3 Variant: The Crystal Shoes

Tale 4 Getting a Wife with One Penny

Tale 5 The Tofu Boy

Tale 6 A Paper Maiden Turned into a Real Wife

pt. Two In Love with the Fairy for Family Life

Tale 7 I Can't Reach It

Tale 7 Variant: Cowherd and Weaving Girl

Tale 8 The Lantern Festival in Yangzhou

Tale 9 A Good Marriage between Man and Snake

Tale 10 Three Blind Girls

Tale 11 The Toad Son

Tale 12 The Pine Tree Girl

pt. Three Sibling Love and Rivalry

Tale 13 A Turtle Changed to a Snake

Tale 14 Brother as Bride in Disguise of His Sister

Tale 15 The Plum Phoenix

Tale 16 The Snake Bridegroom

Tale 16 Variant: The Snake and Three Sisters

Tale 17 A Little Gong

Tale 18 The Calf Got a Wife

pt. Four In Love with the Supernatural

Tale 19 The Feather Cloak of a Hundred Birds

Tale 20 The Snail Girl

Tale 21 The Dragon Daughter

Tale 22 Sold for Burial

Tale 23 Little Cowherd and Treasure Ginseng

Tale 24 Seeking the Buddha in the West

Tale 25 The Girl with Golden Ball and the Toad with Three Legs

Tale 26 No Tear Dropping until Seeing Guan Cai

Tale 26 Variant: No Heart Dying until Seeing Yellow River.

Notes:

Translated from the Chinese.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781433192678

1433192675

OCLC:

1293451040

Publisher Number:

99989358615