| DATE |
CLASS DISCUSSION |
READING ASSIGNMENTS
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| Lu Xun and The May Fourth |
| 1/15 |
May Fourth; Introduce Lu Xun; |
Lu Xun‘s Preface, and A Madman’s Diary, Kong Yiji, (AMCL pp.1-20); Soap in Selected Stories of Lu Hsun, p.164-175; On Literary revolution by Chen Duxiu (in MCLT pp. 123-45) |
| 1/17 |
quiz on “Preface” and “A Madman’s Diary (1918), “Kong Yiji” and “Soap;” |
Lu Xun’s Picture Book of 24 Acts of Filial Piety; and The New Year’s Sacrifice, “My Old Home” and “An Incident” in Selected Stories of Lu Hsun; |
| 1/22 |
quiz on “My Old Home; “Picture Book of 24 Acts of Filial Piety” and The New Year’s Sacrifice and “An Incident“ |
The true Story of Ah Q; (Ah Q) “Regret for the Past” (Regret) and “Medicine“; “Third-World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism” by Fredric Jameson, |
| 1/24 |
quiz on The True Story of Ah Q and “Regret for the Past” and Medicine |
Yu Dafu’s Sinking (AMCL pp.44-69); “Humane Literature” by Zhou Zuoren (in MCLT pp.151-61 and pp.263-8); |
| May Fourth New Cultural Movement and Literary Revolution |
| 1/29 |
quiz on Sinking (1921) |
Ding Ling’s Miss Sophie’s Diary (1928) suggested readings: “Invention and Intervention: the Female Tradition in Modern Chinese Literature” by Lydia Liu; “In Quest of the Writer Ding Ling” by Yi-Tsi Mei Feuerwerker |
| 1/31 |
quiz on Miss Sophie’s Diary by Ding Ling; the first paper due |
Family (1931) by Ba Jin; On Destruction of the Family by anarchist Han Yi, On Ancestor Revolution by Li Shi-zeng; |
| 2/5 |
Discuss Family and the writings of the two anarchists; |
Ba Jin’s Family; |
| 2/7 |
Quiz on Family; |
Xiaoxiao (1929) by Shen Congwen (in AMCL pp.97-110); |
| 2/12 |
Quiz on Xiaoxiao by Shen Congwen (a video tape of this film is available titled Girl from Hunan) |
Border Town by Shen Congwen; |
| 2/14 |
quiz on Border Town by Shen Congwen; |
Lao She’s Black Li and White Li (Black Li) and “Lao She’s Black Li and White Li: A Reading in Psychological Structure” by Leo Lee |
| 2/19 |
Quiz on Black Li and White Li, (1934); psycho-narration homework due |
Camel Xiangzi by Lao She (in AMCL pp.89-96); article by F. Jameson (2) |
| 2/21 |
quiz on Camel Xiangzi |
The Golden Cangue by Eileen Chang and “My Writing” by Eileen Chang or Zhang Ailing (in MCLT pp.436-42) |
| 2/28 |
quiz on The Golden Cangue (1943) |
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| 3/5 |
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Hands by Xiao Hong (1911-1942) in AMCL pp.175-187；and When I Was in Xia Village by Ding Ling and |
| Fiction and Revolution |
| 3/7 |
Quiz on Hands and When I Was in Xia Village; second paper due |
The Shop of the Lin Family and Spring Silkworms (1932) by Mao Dun (in AMCL pp.70-88); |
| 3/26 |
quiz on The Shop of the Lin Family and Spring Silkworms by Mao Dun by Mao Dun |
View DVD film Red Detachment of Women, directed by Xie Jin |
| 3/28 |
Quiz on Red Detachment of Women; discussion of Talks at the Yenan Forum on Art and Literature by Mao Zedong |
view DVD film The White Haired Girl; dir. by Wang Bin and Shui Hua; |
| 4/2 |
Quiz on film The White Haired Girl |
third paper on myth; on Maoist cinema; |
| 4/4 |
discuss the libretto by He Jingzhi; |
Love Must Not Be Forgotten, by Zhang Jie (1979); read “Images of Women in the Fiction of Zhang jie and Zhang Xin Xin” by Rosemary A. Roberts
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| Post Socialist Era and Culural Renaissance |
| 4/9 |
Quiz on Love Must Not Be Forgotten by Zhang Jie; third paper due, |
Hibiscus Town by Gu Hua; view film Hibiscus Town dir. by Xie Jin; |
| 4/11 |
Quiz on Hibiscus Town;(historical footage of the Cultural Revolution 1966-76); and third paper due |
Hibiscus Town by Gu Hua; view film Hibiscus Town dir. by Xie Jin; |
| 4/16 |
quiz on Hibiscus Town by Gu Hua; watch the film in class |
To Live (1989) by Yu Hua; you are also encouraged to view film To Live by Zhang Yimou, a DVD on closed reserve in AV department in Gault Library |
| 4/18 |
quiz on the To Live by Yu Hua; |
Liu Heng’s Black Snow (1993); suggested reading: excerpts from The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung |
| 4/23 |
Quiz on Black Snow; |
Black Snow; suggested reading: excerpts from Modern Man in Search of A Soul by Carl Jung |
| 4/25 |
Discussion of Black Snow by Liu Heng |
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian, (chapters 1, 2, 4, 8, 18, 19, 20. 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 37, and 39) |
| 4/3 |
Quiz on Soul Mountain; individual oral |
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian, (chapters 51, 52, 54, 57, 58, 59, 62, 71, 72, 77, and 81); |
| 5/2 |
Quiz on Soul Mountain; fourth paper due; |
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