title: MYSTICISM AND FOLKLORE IN LIU ZHENYUN’S NOVEL LAUGHTER AND TEARS
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Rodionova, Oxana
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-03-04T18:38:46Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-03-04T18:38:46Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/9785288063770.23
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45054
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines the elements of mysticism and folklore in the novel
  Laughter and Tears (2021) by Chinese writer Liu Zhenyun (born 1958). In modern Chinese
  literature, there are many works in which everyday reality is described with the
  help of mystical and folklore elements. Examples of this kind of narration are the prose
  of Mo Yan, Jia Pingwa, Chen Zhongshi, Han Shaogong. In Liu Zhenyun’s novel Laughter
  and Tears mysticism and folklore are not so much auxiliary means as a kind of framework
  and play a plot-forming role. The legend of Hua Erniang, the legend of the White
  Snake, the Yanjin “tales”, the reincarnations of the souls of the dead, the relocation of
  ghosts into the bodies of people, traditional divination practices — all these are the
  tools by which the fates of people, ghosts and immortals intersect and merge in the
  novel. This kind of narration perfectly reflects the current state of folk culture and customs
  in the Chinese hinterland, which in the novel is represented by Yanjin. Liu Zhenyun
  skilfully uses folk tales and mystical elements to overcome the barriers between reality, imagination and fantasy, blurring the line between life and death. Having studied
  the motives of the author’s use of elements of mysticism and folklore in the novel
  Laughter and Tears, it can be argued that they are the driving force of the narrative and
  are pivotal for the plot of the novel, developing and deepening it’s theme about the fate
  of people and interpersonal relationships.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: St. Petersburg University Studies in Social Sciences & Humanities;Volume 5
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Chinese literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Liu Zhenyun
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Laughter and Tears
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mysticism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: folklore
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: MYSTICISM AND FOLKLORE IN LIU ZHENYUN’S NOVEL LAUGHTER AND TEARS
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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