A narrative ethics exploration into the literary fairy tales in the Song and Yuan Dynasties
The literary fairy tales in the Song and Yuan Dynasties,compared with those in the previous dynasties,involve the abundant contents of ethics.From the literary dimensions of narrative subject,narrative content,and narrative mode,a narrative ethics study can help clarify the secularity,sociality,complexity and multiplicity of the literary fairy tales in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.In terms of narrative subject and narrative acceptance,the explications of ethical contents in the fairy tales in the Song and Yuan Dynasties are affected by the changes of fairy theories,are adaptively adjusted to cater to the particular recipients,and also vary as the artistic and aesthetic views that are produced with the trend of folk literature change.In terms of narrative contents,the absorption of ethical ideas into the literary fairy tales in the Song and Yuan Dynasties inject new vitality into the portrayal of fairy images from the perspective of"loyalty,filial piety,propriety and justice","assisting the world and relieving the common people",and"rewarding good and punishing evil".In terms of narrative mode,the application of such multiple narrative strategies as ethical review,spatiotemporal transfor-mation,and stylized narrative structure is revealed in various ways,improving the enjoyment of stories and enhancing the effects of ethical expressions.