Class at Faculty of Arts |
ATJE00002
Annotation
Course description:
As a first step, students acquaint themselves with essentials of the genre-based criticism of the short story; consequently students read closely and interpret a selection of representative works of 20th-century Chinese writers. For each class is given a reading assignment in Chinese original and/or in English translation. Students place the works and authors into a literary and historical context and they examine and analyze the works under scrutiny.
Chinese level requirement:
Minimum two years of modern Chinese.
Credit requirements (5 credits): a) Students present two short papers orally in class. b) Students are expected to submit a research paper at the end of the course.