商品簡介
Abbott (education, Manchester U.) and Han, retired from teaching English in Burmese universities, first survey folk-tale studies and present a broad functional classification of Burma's tales. Then they present, mostly for the first time in a European language, 101 categorized actual tales, with past and present commentaries on plots and cross-cultural motifs. The tale types are human origin, phenomena, wonder, trickster and simpleton, lay and clerical guidance, and compound. The indices are by authors cited, cultures to which the tales are compared, and selected tale elements. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Gerry Abbott, Ph.D. (1997) in Education, Manchester University, and now Honorary Fellow at Manchester University, has published extensively in the teaching of English overseas. His more recent books on Burmese culture include Inroads into Burma (Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1997).Khin Thant Han, M.A. (1977) in English, Rangoon Institute of Education, taught for many years in Burmese Universities. Retiring as Senior Lecturer in English in 1994, she now concentrates on translating from, and occasionally broadcasting in, Burmese.