Chinese Literature 1 (VS2) (U03577)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-1-LLC

A survey of twentieth-century Chinese literature in translation, through selected readings on topics such as the emancipation of women, revolution in the countryside, youth and age, sex and love, literature and disent and literature and power.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : AS0003

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Asian Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 1 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	15:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	15:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	15:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course aims to develop insights into one of the world's major civilisations in its modern transformations; to develop an understanding of 20th-century China through one of its chief modes of expression, formal written literature in a self-consicously modern mode; to develop skills in the appreciation and analysis of literary works within the limitations imposed by translation; to develop the communicative skills of writing and discussion.