從印度兩種傳統表演探討文類的意義

Exploring the Meaning of Genre in Two Indian Performance Traditions

本文透過當代印度的兩種傳統表演，探討文類（genre）如何在變動的社會、文化與經濟狀態中被轉化。以北印度Braj地區的一種口述史詩Dhola，　以及西孟加拉區的卷歌（scroll／song）「缽陀」（patas）為例，本文探究這兩種傳統中，文類的傳承與其當代意義。

Two performance traditions found in modern India raise questions about the ways genres are transformed by changing cocial，cultural，and economic circumstanc－es. Using the examples of Dhola，an oral epic from the Braj region of northern India and patas，scroll／songs from West Bengal，this paper examines both the trditional and modern meanings of genre via these two traditions.