2006•Unpublished venueRequires access
The Decline of The legendary Genre and The Evolution of The Literary Styles in the Tang-Song Dynasties
Ling Yu-zhi
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Abstract
The genre of legends that was popular in the Tang Dynasty declined rapidly from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty,which did not conform with the law of development in the history of fictional writing.Since the Song Dynasty,the genre of legends lacked the nourishment of the soil of social culture on one hand;the evolution of literary styles resulted in the decline of the genre of legends on the other hand.The legendary genre was discriminated against by the main-stream writers in the North Song Dynasty so that the legends in the Song Dynasty lost its original flavor.But the legendary genre has been passed down as folk legends.