Comparison of the Narrative Traditions—China and the West
Narrative tradition refers to the way storytelling is passed from generation to generation. Tradition is not an unchangeable or pure object. The reason that people cannot approach tradition rationally lies in its maternity and divinity. Tradition is not passed down only by narration because at ti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editorial Department of Contemporary Social Sciences
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Contemporary Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://css.researchcommons.org/journal/vol2019/iss5/8 |
| Summary: | Narrative tradition refers to the way storytelling is passed from generation
to generation. Tradition is not an unchangeable or pure object. The reason
that people cannot approach tradition rationally lies in its maternity and
divinity. Tradition is not passed down only by narration because at times
the narrative related to tradition creates tradition or serves as a substitute for
tradition. Nowadays, people learn tradition more through narratives related
to tradition. There are many forms of expression in narratives and only by
grasping the main line of “storytelling” can we penetrate the existing barriers
of the disciplines and restore the genealogy of the narrative tradition. The
latest anthropological studies suggest that the main reason for human success
is storytelling, which helps to convey the significance of narrative traditional
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| ISSN: | 2096-0212 |