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Undergraduate Course: Modern China in Literature and Film B (ASST08054)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course will examine the representation of modern China in both literature and film since 1949. Topics covered will include the emancipation of women, youth and age, sex and love, literature and dissent, literature and power. The course will stress the close ties that have existed between the worlds of literary and cinematic creativity throughout this period.
Course description Topics covered will include the emancipation of women, youth and age, sex and love, literature and dissent, literature and power. The course will stress the close ties that have existed between the worlds of literary and cinematic creativity throughout this period.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  36
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Other Study Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 152 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Weekly film screenings
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Feedback Formative feedback exercise.
Feedback on coursework essay.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Develop insights into one of the world's major civilisations in its modern transformation
  2. Understand the importance of literary productivity in a Communist state
  3. Understand how film has been used for propaganda purposes in Communist China
  4. Use communicative skills of writing and discussion
  5. Write critically about both film and literature
Reading List
Hsia, C.T. A History of Modern Chinese Fiction 1917-1957, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. PL2442Hsi.
Lim, Song Hwee and Julian Ward eds. The Chinese Cinema Book London: Palgrave Macmillan 2011
McDougall, Bonnie S. and Kam Louie, The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century London: Hurst, 1997. PL2303Macd.
Spence, Jonathan The Gate of Heavenly Peace, London: Penguin, 1981. DS775.7Spe.
Yu, Hua China in Ten Words New York: Pantheon Books, 2011 PL2928.H78 Yu.
Zhang Yingjin, ed. A Companion to Chinese cinema Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. PN1993.5.C4 Com.
Barmé, Geremie In The Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. DS777.6BAR
King, Richard Milestones on a Golden Road: Writing for Chinese Socialism Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012. PL2303 Kin.
Wang, David Der-wei The Monster That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing in Twentieth-Century China Berkeley: University of California Press 2004 PL2443 Wan.
Widmer, Ellen and David Der-wei Wang eds. From May Fourth to June Fourth: Fiction and Film in Twentieth-Century China Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1993. L2302 Fro.
Yeh, Michelle 'Chinese literature from 1937 to the present' in The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature, Volume 2: From 1375 Cambridge University Press pp. 565-705. Available in electronic form via university library website.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills The course will examine the representation of modern China in both literature and film since 1949. Topics covered will include the emancipation of women, youth and age, sex and love, literature and dissent, literature and power. The course will stress the close ties that have existed between the worlds of literary and cinematic creativity throughout this period.
KeywordsLiterature,film,Communism,dissent,westernisation.,China
Contacts
Course organiserDr Julian Ward
Tel: (0131 6)50 4226
Email: Julian.Ward@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Vivien MacNish Porter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3528
Email: vivien.macnish-porter@ed.ac.uk
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