중국 지리박물체(地理博物體) 서사의 형성과 전개

Abstract

The Formation and Development of Chinese Geographic andNaturalistic Style (地理博物體) Narrative; Cheong, Min-Kyung The geographic and naturalistic style(地理博物體) narrative from the Six-Dynasty were filed with strange geographical information, and the acounts tok place in many areas around the world. The main topics of the accounts were the boundaries between countries, and the strangers, strange products, animals and plants in alien land. The content and structure of 地理博物體 narrative reflected Chinese mind at that time. It was writen because the people the of that age were curious about far away places, and considered a broad array of knowledge to be very important. Therefore, a 地理博物體 narrative has a special structure, most of the accounts were main written with emphasis on the location, and told about rare and strange animals and plants. However, the descriptions and style of storytelling in the 地理博物體 narrative began to change over time. The most important characteristic ‘space’ w a s m a i n t a i n e d , h o w e v e r , a n d t h e r e w a s m o r e t o t h e m o r e s t o r i e s beyond the simple descriptions. During the Tang dynasty the 地理博物體 narative changed yet again. The 地理博物體 narative was afected by the chuan-qi novel so its literature characteristic was m o r e c l e a r l y e m p h a s i z e d , a n d t h e s t r u c t u r e b e c a m e m o r e d e t a i l e d a n d o r g a n i z e d . S o m e vernacular novel were also afected by the 地理博物體 narrative, the representative example was Jing-hua-yuan(鏡花緣). Jing-hua-yuan based on the ‘space’ subject matter, which quoted directly from Shan-hai Scriptures, author created a fantastic world using their imaginations. a 地理博物體 narrative were not only popular in one age but were widely accepted by the Chinese and continued to be popular for several centuries.