Contemporary Chinese Literature (MChS) (P00206)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00206

The course examines the re-emergence of literature as art following the ending of extreme leftist cultural policies in China circa 1978, the development of its major trends, chiefly in fiction and poetry, and its commercialisation and globalisation since around 1990.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : PGs only. MChS students: completion of MChS year one. Others: approval of their programme director.

? Co-requisites : MChS students: Chinese Language II; one other option.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : The first meeting of the class will take place on Thursday 15 January 2009, 2 p.m. - 3.50 p.m. in room 2.C24, Forrest Hill (up the lane off Forrest Road).

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:
- demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of the major developments in Chinese literature since the CR, the major texts and the major authors;
- analyse representative texts of the period in their literary, historical and social context; and
- demonstrate an ability to tackle some of the texts and secondary literature in the original Chinese (MChS students)