Class number:
2332
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Title: 20th Cent Chinese Literature |
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Department: International Studies |
Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
Enrollment limited to 30 |
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Current enrollment: 0 |
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Available seats: 30 |
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, LIB - 174 |
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Instructor(s): Shen, Yipeng |
Prerequisite(s): None |
Distribution Requirement: Meets Global Engagement Requirement |
Course Description:
This course is a survey of twentieth-century Chinese literature and films. It focuses on the literature, cinema, and essays of three periods in the Chinese 20th century: 1918 ~ 1949; 1949 ~ 1976; since 1976. We read works of Chinese writers such as Lu Xun, Yu Dafu, Zhang Ailing, Mao Dun, ShenCongwen, Yu Hua, Su Tong, etc., and watch selected films of significant cultural and historical meanings. Students are introduced to various essential issues of twentieth-century Chinese cultural modernity and are encouraged to explore in the Chinese context the key tensions between tradition and modernity, native and foreign, and nationalism and cosmopolitanism. |