Chapter Ⅰ
Tibetan Literature in the Age of Oral Tradition
Natural and Cultural Literature Environment
in the Age of Oral Tradition
Oral Tradition--the Cornerstone of
Oral Literature
Three Treasures in Tibetan Literature--Sgrung,
Ldevu and Bon
Philosophical Expression of Tibetan
Oral Literature: Proverbs
Chapter Ⅱ
The Agglomeration of Tibetan Oral Tradition: Gesar
Introduction
Origins: Social and Cultural Context
Singers of Fairy Tales
Text and Its Evolution
Conservation and Preservation
Chapter Ⅲ
Basic Types and Texts of Written Literature (I)
Tibetan as Medium for Written Literature
The Translation of Buddhist Scriptures as
the Beginning of Written Literature
Buddhist Literature
Historical Literature
Chapter Ⅳ
Basic Types and Texts of Written Literature (II)
Biographical Literature
Terma Literature
Poetry
Novels
The Collection of Letters
Chapter Ⅴ
The Literature Genres between Oral Language
and Written Language
Religious Song
Maxim
Persuasion
Tibetan Opera
诺布旺丹,研究员,现任民族文学研究所藏族文学研究室主任、全国《格萨(斯)尔》工作领导小组办公室主任。长期从事藏族文化与史诗《格萨尔》的研究工作,著有《艺人、文本与语境——文化批评视野下的格萨尔史诗传统》、《藏族神话与史诗》(藏文)、《生命之轮——藏传的活转世》和《中国非物质文化遗产百科全书·史诗卷》(主编)等。 Norbu Wangdan, a researcher at the Ethnic Literature Institute, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of the National Leading Group Office of the Gesar Research, has published a number of works, including the Tibetan Epic from Cultural Criticism Perspective: Artists, TexsndCntexts, Tibetan Myths and Epics (in Tibetan) and the Wheel of Life: Reincarnation of Tulkus in Tibetan Buddhism.
文学下几千年,内容涵盖广泛。本书创新编排思路,从历时和共时两个方面,以口传文学类型、书面文学类型的划分方式,对文行了梳理,展示了颇具雪域高原特点的瑰丽文学“松石宝串”,以文学发展脉络和各类代表作品,引导读者穿越历史的尘埃,认识真实。The book gives an introduction to oral and written genres of Tibetan literature and the evolvement of other coitions that fall in between. It also presents the Tibetan life, thoughts and aesthetic ideas implied in Tibetan literature.