Course Details
Country:
Hong Kong
Institution:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Course Title:
Modern Chinese Literature
Course Number:
CCSS 2030
Course Description:
This course is a survey of modern Chinese literature in translation. Starting with an examination of definitions of literary modernity itself, the category of Chinese literature and literary trends in late imperial times, the course will discuss new genres, styles and themes of fiction, poetry and non-fiction in the Republican era, the emergence of distinctive Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diasporic sinophone literature, socialist and post-socialist literature, and trends in Chinese literature within the context of globalization at the end of the twentieth century. The course will also involve close engagement with several significant twentieth-century authors and their major works and offer students an opportunity to explore these writings and gain from their insights into the complexities and diversity of Chinese culture and society.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
CHIN 311
Attachment Files:
Modern Chinese Literature.pdf
