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Crosslistings: EAST 209 |
The advent if modern China offers us a great occasion to study the fundamental changes brought by the modernized West to bear on a profoundly Oriental society such as China. This course focuses on one best venue to observe such societal metamorphosis: through literary genres-novels, diaries, drama, and journalism-that shed much light on how the individual and society interacted amidst their struggle to absorb and reinvent ethnic and identity, social values, and cultural dynamics as China survived foreign aggressions, civil wars, and political upheavals. One main focus is on the effort of the individual to grapple with social and familial crises, traumas, and flux as a witness to China's distinct ways of entering the age of modernization and industrialization.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AL&L Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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