|
|
Jul 27, 2025
|
|
LIT 220 - Modern Chinese Literature in Translation FDR: HL, GE3 Credits: 3 When Offered: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement.An introductory survey of the literature of 20th-century China. Through close reading of key literary texts from the 1910s to the present, students explore the social, historical, and literary background that gave rise to the texts studied, and also the ways in which these texts address various issues that China faced at the time. Taught in English, the course presupposes no previous knowledge of China or Chinese culture. In addition to the selected literary texts, the course also introduces several cinematic adaptations of modern Chinese fiction and explores the complex and dynamic interchange between literary and cinematic language.Zhu.
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)
|
|
|
|
|