Undergraduate Course: Modern China in Literature and Film B (ASST08054)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course presents an overview of Chinese literature from the start of the 20th century to the present, stressing the ties between literature and China¿s contemporary social and political events. Topics covered include modernity, reform, romance, dissent, politics, gender, history, and more. This course focuses primarily on literature, while ¿Modern China in Literature and Film A¿, primarily examines film. |
| 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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 75 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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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 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Weekly film screenings
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 Long Writing Assignment (1500 - 2000 words) 50%
1 Exam 40%
Participation mark for exercises during the year 10% |
| Feedback |
Feedback will be provided on the writing assignment and the questions and answers exercise. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop insights into one of the world's major civilisations in its modern transformation
- Understand the importance of literary productivity in China
- Understand how literature has been used for various purposes in China in different periods
- Use communicative skills of writing and discussion
- Write critically about literature
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Reading List
Denton, Kirk A. ed. The Columbia Companion to Modern Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.
Hsia, C.T. A History of Modern Chinese Fiction 1917-1957, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. PL2442Hsi.
McDougall, Bonnie S. and Kam Louie, The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century London: Hurst, 1997. PL2303Macd.
Yu, Hua China in Ten Words New York: Pantheon Books, 2011 PL2928.H78 Yu.
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.
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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. |
| Keywords | Literature,Communism,dissent,westernisation.,China |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Christopher Rosenmeier
Tel:
Email: christopher.rosenmeier@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Vivien MacNish Porter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3528
Email: vivien.macnish-porter@ed.ac.uk |
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