Glossary

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Chinese Romanization ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Vernacularization before Shuihu zhuan 10
7. 2. Told or Written: That is the Question 36
8. 3. The Narrative Pattern: The Uniform versus the Multiform 64
9. 4. From Voice to Text: The Orality-Writing Dynamic 101
10. 5. The Engine of Narrative Making: Audience, Storytellers, and Shuhui xiansheng 144
11. 6. Literary Vernacular and Novelistic Discourse 179
12. Notes 199
13. Glossary 245
14. Selected Bibliography 261
15. Index 283
16. About the Author 294