Influence and Anxiety: The Relationship between Literary Narratology and Musical Narratology

As an emerging discipline, Musical Narratology is deeply influenced by Literary Narratology in its rising and development. This influence does promote the development of Musical Narratology, but at the same time brings about anxiety. Will the overwhelming power of Literary Narratology impair the individuality of Musical Narratology? How far should Musical Narratology keep itself from Literary Narratology? And how could Musical Narratology effectively utilize the resources of Literary Narratology? The anxiety comes from two factors:the incomprehensive understanding of narrativity and the lack of awareness of the relationship between the two narrative media. An correct understanding and appropriate treatment of the relationship between Literary Narratology and Musical Narratology will certainly help us solve some basic problems of Musical Narratology, and thus accelerate the research of Musical Narratology.