少数民族民间文学的特殊功能及其产生的原因

与汉族文学及一般文学相比,少数民族民间文学除了具有审美功能及由此产生的教育,认识和娱乐功能外,还有其文学的扩展功能:社会调节功能,传授功能及择偶功能等。本文通过对少数民族民间文学扩展功能现象的分析,找出了其产生的社会原因,并探讨这些文学扩展功能对少数民族社会的运转起到的作用。目的是让人们对少数民族民间文学的特点有更宽泛的认识。

The Special Function of the Folk Literature by the Ethnic Minorities and the Causative Factors for That

Compared with the literature by the Han writers,the folk literature by the ethnic minority groups has its special extended functions-the functions of social regulations,instruction and the function for courting,besides the functions of aesthetics,education and entertainment.This paper presents these extended functions and tries to find the social factors that help create them.It also discusses the good effects they have on the ethnic society.In a way,it hopes to give the readers a broader overview of the features of folk literature of the ethnic minority progress.