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Research on Reader’s Guides to Ming and Qing Popular Novels
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Reader’s guides (fanli 凡例), which form a distinct genre attached to popular novels, have a great deal of research value. This article collects and counts reader’s guides to Ming and Qing popular novels, analyzes the overall characteristics of the genre, and discusses four aspects of them: (1) the historical value of reader’s guides to Mingand Qing popular novels; (2) reader’s guides and the creative method in popular novels; (3) reader’s guides and chapter headings in popular novels; and (4) reader’s guides and readers of popular novels. This study approaches this distinct genre of novels from the perspective of both examination of documents and of theoretical research; it uses theory and method to explore the creative methods and systematic structure of Ming and Qing popular novels as well as to trace the true course of popular novels’ appearance, development, and evolution.
Title: Research on Reader’s Guides to Ming and Qing Popular Novels
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Reader’s guides (fanli 凡例), which form a distinct genre attached to popular novels, have a great deal of research value.
This article collects and counts reader’s guides to Ming and Qing popular novels, analyzes the overall characteristics of the genre, and discusses four aspects of them: (1) the historical value of reader’s guides to Mingand Qing popular novels; (2) reader’s guides and the creative method in popular novels; (3) reader’s guides and chapter headings in popular novels; and (4) reader’s guides and readers of popular novels.
This study approaches this distinct genre of novels from the perspective of both examination of documents and of theoretical research; it uses theory and method to explore the creative methods and systematic structure of Ming and Qing popular novels as well as to trace the true course of popular novels’ appearance, development, and evolution.
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