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Lit350 Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama (Undergrad) 2007 MIT

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MIT

21F.044 (Spring 2007)
Lectures:
Two sessions / week
1.5 hours / session

Level
Undergraduate

Two quilts sewn by students as their final project. (Original quilts by Emily Ho and Sarah Sheppard. Used with permission. Photos courtesy of Jeffrey Pearlin.)

Course Highlights

This course features an extensive list of readings as well as its major assignments.

Course Description

This course is an introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Marsh, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English.

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Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. administrator. (2009, May 12). Lit350 Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama (Undergrad) 2007 MIT. Retrieved July 31, 2010, from Free University Courses OCW Courses OpenCourseWare Freeversity Foundation Web site: http://www.freeversity.org/liberal-arts-1/literature/lit350-traditional-chinese-literature-poetry. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons License