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Buddhist History in the Vernacular
Stephen Berkwitz
其他書名
The Power of the Past in Late Medieval Sri Lanka
出版BRILL, 2004-06-01
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / ReferenceArt / Asian / GeneralHistory / Asia / GeneralHistory / Middle East / GeneralLiterary Criticism / General
ISBN90474134749789047413479
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0IZSEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This is a careful study about the power attributed to historical narratives in early medieval Sri Lanka. On the basis of Sinhala histories of the Buddha and his relics this work sheds new light on historiography at work in a vernacular setting. Arguing that historical texts were both ethically and socially constructive, the author demonstrates that narrative representations of the past served the purpose to transform writers, readers, and listeners of history into virtuous persons, and therewith to generate moral communities.
Focusing on the thirteenth-century Sinhala Thupavamsa, this book problematizes modern interpretations of Buddhist histories, compares the production of Pali and Sinhala texts, and examines how historical works were directed towards religious ends.
A significant contribution to scholarship in Buddhist Studies, Comparative Literature, and Historical Criticism.