Fall 2017  |  ALL 3336 Section 001: Revolution and Modernity in Chinese Literature and Culture (17927)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Pillsbury Hall 110
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to modern Chinese literature, visual culture, and critical thought from beginning of 20th century to end of Mao era. Examples of literature/culture, parallel readings of Chinese critical essays. Readings are in English translation.
Class Description:
This course is an introductory exploration of modern Chinese literature, visual culture, and critical thought from the beginning of the 20th Century to the end of the Mao era. Beginning with a leading intellectual's 1902 call for fiction to serve the political need for a modernized state, modern Chinese literature and culture has had an overriding concern with the fate of China itself. As a result, close readings of literature, popular culture, and criticism from the late Qing Dynasty to the Cultural Revolution give us insight into many of the fundamental issues facing the Chinese people through decades of revolution, foreign invasion, civil war, and modernization. During the first half of the 20th century, Chinese literature and culture saw the great achievements of canonical modern writers from Lu Xun to Zhang Ailing, in addition to the Golden Age of Shanghai cinema and the striking images of revolutionary woodcut artists. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, a singular revolutionary culture ensued, in which literature and the arts were put in the service of political consciousness-molding and cultural revolution. This course combines key examples of literature and visual culture with parallel readings of Chinese critical essays that reveal the intellectual background of literary and cultural production. All readings are in English.
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: exams include take-home essays
Exam Format:
multiple choice, matching, short answer, & take-home essays
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Workload:
80 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17927/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

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