Kwanghun, Jung and Hyunju, Kim (2021) From Buddhist Story to Heroic Epic: A Comparative Study of the Epic of Geser and the Mulian Story. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 74 (3). pp. 413-430. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
This paper compares narrative modifi cation in the Mongolian heroic epic The Epic of Geser with that of the Buddhist Mulian story. The Mulian story, in which the protagonist saves his mother from the underworld gained widespread popularity in its time. Mulian Bianwen from the Tang dynasty, presents the scenes from the story in a very dramatic manner. The Mongolian Geser epic uses this motif but adapts the story to fi t the characteristics of a heroic epic for nomadic people. Heroic epics must contain motifs that depict the image of their protagonist to present a collection of exemplary characters. To create a complete heroic epic, the story of Geser absorbed a religious story from another culture that was very popular at the time. In the present study, five scenes common to The Epic of Geser and the Mulian story are analysed to investigate how the original Buddhist story became a part of the heroic epic. This analysis considers the ways in which identical story motifs can be used for the diff erent purposes according to the nature of the literary work.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Agency and Grant Number: Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea; National Research Foundation of KoreaNational Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2019S1A5B5A02046123]; Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund Funding text: This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2019S1A5B5A02046123). This work is supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund. We would like to express our gratitude to the anonymous reviewers of Acta Orientalia Hung. for providing invaluable advice and additional references. We are also grateful to Professor Lee Suna and Professor Agnes Birtalan for interpreting the original Mongolian text. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | history; The Epic of Geser; Mulian Bianwen; Mulian Sutra; Mongolian heroic epic; Buddhist story; narrative modifi-cation; |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
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| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2022 06:18 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2022 06:18 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/153506 |
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