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Academic Year 2001/2002
Avant-Garde and Pop Culture--Two Faces of the [Post] Modern in China
ALIT 249 FA
The 1980s and 1990s witnessed the blooming of modernist cultures in China that at once ushered in cultural revamping, political thawing and social democratization and triggered off market economy, commodification and
mass consumer culture. This course
browses through literary, artistic and cinematic works of this era to see how tradition and modernity, high and pop cultures conflict and conflate; what cultural impacts China digested and valorized in coping with crises
and changes; and how the dynamic
and often disorienting process of social transformation reflects the dilemma of China's cultured elite in adapting to and co-existing with mass consumption and pop culture.
MAJOR READINGS
LITERATURE:
Xu Xing, VARIATIONS ON A THEME
Wang Jing ed., CHINA'S AVANT-GARDE FICTION
Yü Hua, THE PAST AND THE PUNISHMENTS
Feng Jicai, THE THREE-INCH GOLDEN LOTUS
Wang Shuo, PLEASE DO NOT CALL ME
HUMAN
Gao Xingjian, SOUL MOUNTAIN
A
Reading Packet: CRITICAL READINGS ON POSTMODERN THEORIES
FILMS:
Zhang Yang, SHOWER
Mi Jianshan, THE TROUBLE SHOOTERS
Lu Xuechang, HOW STEEL IS TEMPERED
Jiang Wen, BRIGHT SUNNY DAYS
Zhang Yimou, THE
STORY OF QIU JU
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Regular quizzes, a short response paper (2-3 pages), one term paper (9-10 pages) and a final examination.
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
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AL&L
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Liu,Xinmin
- Instructor's Course Page
- Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK414
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 35)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: 5 SO: 10 FR: 10
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Focused Inquiry Course
Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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