2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A study on publishing and editing about some collections of colloquial short stories from Last of Ming Period to first of Qing Period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20820052
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan University
Principal Investigator	HIROSAWA Yusuke Ritsumeikan University, 文学部, 准教授 (20513188)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	短篇白話小説集 / 『古今小説』 / 『警世通言』 / 『醒世恒言』 / 編纂意図 / 読者 / 読み方
Research Abstract	I study on some collections of colloquial short stories in Last of Ming Period with analyzing some stories set in Ming period included in "Gujinxiaoshuo古今小説","Jingshitongyan警世通言" and "Xingshihengyan醒世恒言", and explain each distinctions of these collections. "Jingshitongyan" includes twelve stories set in Ming period, and nine of them have close relation to Jiangnan江南region. This tendency isn't bried (can't be found in) other collections. And by making a comparison with the stories depicting Keju科挙 included these collections, it becomes clear that each collection has distinctive characteristics.