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Academic Year 2000/2001


Fiction and Film in China Since 1949
ALIT 240 SP

Crosslistings:
EAST 240

The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, an event that led to profound changes in Chinese literature. The requirement that literature serve politics reinforced a preexisting tendency, and with the inception of thought reform and, eventually, The Cultural Revolution, literary independence was all but suffocated. The 1980s saw the resurgence of an independent role for literature, though the events of June 1989 threw its future into question once again. These vicissitudes contrast with a steadier evolution in Taiwan's literature since 1949, which will serve as points of reference and contrast for materials from the Chinese mainland.

MAJOR READINGS

Xhang Xiauliang, HALF OF MAN IS WOMAN Zhang Xinxin, CHINESE PROFILES Zhang Jie, LOVE MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN Link, ROSES AND THORNS Tai, SPRING BAMBOO Li, THE BUTCHER'S WIFE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly readings (approximately one novel per week), three short essays (3-5 pages), one take-home final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Additional Requirements and/or Comments not known

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AL&L    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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