Plum and Bamboo
Subtitle: CHINA'S SUZHOU CHANTEFABLE TRADITION
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780252028212
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literature: Texts; Chinese Literature; Oral And Folk Literature; Sociology; Chinese; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Asian - Chinese; Folklore & Mythology; Literary Criticism / Asian / Chinese; China; History and criticism; Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng); Tan ci
First sentence: This opening ballad (kaipian) from the early 1960s is still sung today, especially by student storytellers in contests.
Description: "Plum and Bamboo is a thorough introduction to this enchanting oral narrative tradition that still flourishes in Shanghai and in Suzhou, an ancient city known as the "city of gardens"." "Plum and Bamboo also features an in-depth exploration of a performance transcript of the Meng Lijun story and interlinear commentary by the storytellers; appendixes outlining traditional stories, some of which are synopsized here for the first time in English; and a romanized transcript of a portion of a performance in Suzhou dialect."--BOOK JACKET.