On the Evolution of Baojuan Performances in Shanghai:A Development of Traditional Literature in the Modern City(1875-1915)

作     者：Rostislav Berezkin 

作者机构：National Institute for Advanced Humanistic StudiesFudan UniversityHandan Road 220Shanghai 200433China 

出 版 物：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》 (复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第12卷第4期

页      面：649-670页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

基　　金：国家社会科学基金重大目“太湖流域民间信仰类文艺资泷的调童和跨学科硏突”(批准号17ZDA167)阶段性成果之一 The author also expresses his gratitude to Yu Dingjun,Zhang Minwei,Hu Xiaochen,and Dou Heng for providing materials and assistance during fieldtrips,as well as to four anonymous reviewers for their suggestions and to Paula Roberts for fixing many language problems 

主　　题：Baojuan(precious scrolls) Storytelling Folklore Vernacular literature Shanghai entertainment culture 

摘      要：This article traces the history of baojuan(scroll recitation)performances in Shanghai in the period *** recitation is a type of ritualized storytelling that originated in Buddhist preaching,but that also included secular subjects in the later *** study demonstrates how a traditional performative art was integrated into the cultural environment of a developing cosmopolitan city at the end of the nineteenth century,and how it was transformed for the new demands of urban audiences in the early twentieth *** study analyzes the process of secularization of scroll recitation through the growth of entertaining aspects of its contents and performance style in *** makes use of newly discovered historical materials,including newspapers and periodicals of that period,which help to clarify many details of this art s evolution in the modern city.