Abstract
Tang short stories (xiaoshuo) have had an important influence on the creation of poetic verses (ci) in the Song dynasty, but this literary phenomenon received little academic discussion. The most salient manifestation of such influence is textual, including poetic verse's lyric patterns, titles, sequences, and main content. Additionally, writers of poetic verses in the Song dynasty composed their works by tailoring, rewriting and selecting verses, literary quotations, characters, and plot from Tang short stories. This kind of incorporation was further motivated by the sufficiency of short stories and their popularity among Song literati, as well as the practice of crossing generic boundaries in the literary arena. As a continuation of the narrative tradition of ancient poetry, the practice of incorporating Tang short stories into Song poetic verses was significant in three aspects: it strengthened the characteristics of story-telling and narration of the poetic verses; it promoted the dissemination and canonization of Tang short stories; and it produced the embryonic form of recitation and singing literature in the Jin and Yuan dynasties.
First Page
86
Last Page
97
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Zhenqian. 2020. "Incorporation of Tang Short Stories into Song Poetic Verses." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (4): pp.86-97. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss4/9
