%0 Journal Article
%T On the ¡°Mythological Retelling¡± of Su Tong¡¯s <i>Binu</i>
%A Jie Zhang
%A Yanying Lu
%J Advances in Literary Study
%P 156-177
%@ 2327-4050
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/als.2023.112011
%X The purpose of this paper is to compare the selection and construction of many ancient versions of Meng Jiang N¨¹¡¯s story in the text of Binu, and to contrast the ¡°mythological thinking¡± and ¡°folk thinking¡± contained in the text. In this way, the modern reflections on the story of Meng Jiang N¨¹, which has been passed down for thousands of years, are explored. First, the focus of this paper is on the theory of ¡°Archetypal Criticism¡± throughout the text, and then this thesis will concentrate on the relationship between the story of ¡°Meng Jiang N¨¹ crying at the Great Wall¡± and the writer¡¯s retelling of the text. The breakthrough of the latter over the former is the inheritance and development of ¡°mythological thinking¡±. Therefore, this paper will focus on the structure of thinking embedded in Binu, including mythological thinking, and the unique innovation of ¡°new mythology¡±¡ª¡°folklore mythological thinking¡±. In the archetypal criticism, the meaning of the text is related to the contradiction between desire and reality, and the myth is expressed in the form of ¡°ritual¡± and ¡°dream¡±, which represent the ¡°narrative content¡± and ¡°meaning content¡± of literature respectively. Therefore, this paper explores the mythological thinking of Binu through the rituals of burial and mourning. In addition, the integration of ¡°mythological thinking¡± and ¡°folklore¡± in the text of Binu is manifested in two aspects: ¡°human-animal consubstantiation¡± and the use of folklore resources. Secondly, two important applications of ¡°archetypal theory¡± in Binu are the metaphors of ¡°tears¡± and ¡°gourd¡±. Finally, this thesis will explore the role they play in the ¡°retelling of the myth¡± in Binu.
%K Mythological Retelling
%K Binu
%K Meng Jiang Nü
%K Folklore Mythological Thinking
%K Metaphor
%K Narratology
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