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1、RomanceoftheThreeKingdomOutline1.AComparisonofNovelinChina&inEurope2.RomanceoftheThreeKingdom3.WaterMarginRomanceoftheThreeKingdom三国演義&WaterMargin水滸傳RomanoftheThreeKingdom(Sanguozhiyanyi)&WaterMargin(Shuihuzhuan):China’searliestnovels,inthesenseoflongstories,atleastpartlyfictional,writteninconte
2、mporaryvernacularanddividedintochapters.Botharegenerallythoughttobedatefromthe2ndhalfofthe14thcentury(lateMingDynasty).Noinformationontheseworksappearsinsurviving15thcenturysources,andtheoldestprinteditionwehavearefromthe16thcentury.RomanceoftheThreeKingdom&WaterMarginItisquestionablewhetherthes
3、e2novelsareactuallyasoldasgenerallybelieved,andeveniftheyareindeedof14thcenturyorigin,theymaywellowemuchto15-centuryrevisions.Whatisdemonstrablyclearinanycaseisthatthe16thcenturyeditionsvaryconsiderably.Notuntilthe17thcenturydobothnovelsbecomeestablishedinaformthatwouldremaindefinitiveforthenext
4、coupleofcenturies.RomanceoftheThreeKingdom&WaterMarginThesubjectmatterofthesenovelsistraceabletopopularstorycyclesknowntohavebeenusedbyprofessionalstorytellersatleastasearlyastheSong.I.AComparisonofNovelinChina&inEuropeThoughtranslatorsandsinologistshavetraditionallyusedtheword“novel”fortheChine
5、segenreofxiaoshuo小說,thisisasmuchforwantofabetterwordasanythingelse.TounderstandtheChinesenovel,itisbesttoreview,bywayofcontrast,thetraditionalfeaturesoftheWesternnovel.I.1AComparisonofNovelinChina&inEurope—theWesternNovelWesternnovel:alongstorydividedintochapters,writteninmoreorlessvernacularpro
6、se.YetaWesternnovelisexpectedtobeaparticularkindofstory.Fromaboutthemid18thcentury,mostWesternnovelshavecenteredonthestoryofasinglemaincharacter,whosenameisoftenthetitleofthebook.I.1AComparisonofNovelinChina&inEurope—theWesternNovelThemaincharacter,thoughheorshemaybearecognizablerepresentativeof
7、aparticularsocialgrouportype,isdescribedasanindividual,auniquepersonality,whosevalueliesmainlyinhisorheruniqueness.Theindividualisdifferentfromotherindividuals,butthedifferencesarenotabsolute.Thedistinctionsaresubtle,gradual
