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Academic Year 2000/2001
Aspects of the Modern Chinese Self in Society
ALIT 203 FA
The (auto)biographical writings of modern China offer us an intriguing medium to observe the fundamental changes affecting the individual and the society. This course surveys such writings in disparate genres--novels,
diaries, poetry and dramas--of
China's modern era to gain knowledge and insight on the impact of modernity of China's social and cultural life. The main focus of our inquiry is on how the individual copes with displacement and disorientation as the
society goes through crises, trauma
and flu;, how s/he negotiates between tradition and progress; China and West; and how China forms its distinct approach to individualism, identity of the self and social commitments.
MAJOR READINGS
MODERN CHINESE STORIES AND NOVELLAS 1919-1949 (Joseph Lau, C.T. Hsia, Leo Lee, eds.) SCHOOLMASTER NI HUAN-CHIH, Yeh Sheng-tao THE CHINESE EARTH: STORIES BY SHEN TSENG-WEN (Ching Ti & Robert Payne, trans,) I MYSELF
AM A WOMAN: SELECTED WRITINGS OF
DING LING (Tani Barlow, ed.) THE NEW REALISM: WRITINGS FROM CHINA AFTER THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (Lee Yee, ed.) HOMECOMING? AND OTHER STORIES BY HAN SHAOGONG (Martha Cheung, trans.) THE PAST AND THE PUNISHMENT BY YU
HUA (Andrew Jones, trans.) RAISE
THE RED LANTERN: THREE NOVELLAS BY SU TONG (Michael Duke, trans.)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Regular short quizzes on reading assignments, one short (4-6 page) book report, a mid-term, a term paper and a final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This is a Chinese lit-in-English-translation course; knowledge of Chinese is not required. Although it is a lecture course, some class time will be devoted to discussion with the instructor and students both
participating.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AL&L
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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