The Paratextual Functions of the Early Chinese Anecdote - with *Tang zai Chimen 湯在啻門 and *Tang chu yu Tangqiu 湯處於湯丘 as Examples
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4674768 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heng Du (0000-0002-3099-9578, Wellesley College (威爾斯利學院) Wellesley (威爾斯利)), Du Heng (0009-0006-2345-6141, Wellesley College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-52 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bamboo and Silk (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2468-9238 • E-ISSN: 2468-9246 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/24689246-20240001 |
| OpenAlex | W4392148775 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This article proposes a set of function-based criteria for identifying paratextual elements in manuscript texts. With *Tang zai Chimen and *Tang chu yu Tangqiu as examples, I show how their narrative frames perform functions akin to titles, authors' names, and prefaces. This approach offers a new explanation for the prevalence of the anecdote genre as well as a renewed understanding of the functions of the paratext
Anecdote · Art · Literature · Narrative · Paratext · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
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Disputers of the Tao
The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle
A First Reading of the Anhui University Bamboo-Slip Shi Jing
The Tsinghua Manuscript *Zheng Wen Gong wen Tai Bo and the Question of the Production of Manuscripts in Early China
A Patterned past
Mediation of Legitimacy in Early China
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Speech Acts
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |