An analysis of the nature of businessmen in Tales of a Thousand and One Nights and Sanyan and Erpai

Journal: Region - Educational Research and Reviews DOI: 10.32629/rerr.v5i5.1454

Yu NING

Literature and Media Department, Taishan University

Abstract

Although Tales of a Thousand and One Nights and Sanyan and Erpai were produced in different countries, they produced the image of businessmen. The images of businessmen produced by the two works had the tendency of pursuing profit, money and sex, which reflects the common characteristics of citizen literature.

Keywords

Tales of a Thousand and One Nights; Sanyan and Erpai; Businessman

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