Comparative Study on Mongolian Version of Alexander Romance and Folktales About Alexander in Persian Language  

作　　者：Baohua Oyun-Chimeg 

机构地区：[1]Inner Mongolia University, China [2]Hohhot College for Nationalities, China

出　　处：《Sociology Study》2014年第12期993-1000,共8页

基　　金：The research is supported by Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences （12CZW087）, and the research work is part of ＂The Cultural Context of Mongolian Sulqarnai-in Tuuji＂ Project （12CZW087） supported by National Social Science Foundation of China.

摘　　要：The origin of Mongolian version of Alexander Romance has long been a confused issue. Nicholas Poppe, Francis Cleaves, and T. Namjil wrote articles about this, and assumed the Mongolian version of Alexander Romance was translated from Central Asian countries, more likely, Persian or Arabic, did not come up with determinate conclusion, though. In this paper, the authors aim at： （1） comparing the Mongolian version of Alexander Romance with the folktales about Alexander the Great in Persian language, which two are supposed to be the nearest; （2） analyzing the story structure （quest for immortality-denying the desire; belief of living forever-the truth of one must die）; and （3） explaining the background of Mongolian version of Alexander Romance, and as a result, arguing that the Mongolian version of Alexander Romance might not be a translated work; instead, it was edited and recreated in Buddhist thinking using the prevailing motif of Alexander＇s quest for immortality.

关 键 词：MONGOLIAN ALEXANDER DENY IMMORTALITY BUDDHISM 

分 类 号：TP391[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] I277.3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]