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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Asian Studies

Undergraduate Course: Chinese Literature 4B (modern) (ASST10107)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryLiterary and textual study in modern Chinese fiction and poetry.

All students will be given a formative feedback exercise that will be helpful for the assessment for this course and students' general ongoing academic development.
Course description This course presents an overview of Chinese literature through the 20th century up to the present day. Reading and analysing texts in Chinese, key trends will be covered, including the early New Culture Movement, the 1930s modernists, and 1980s avant-garde fiction. Lectures and discussions will touch upon the cultural, intellectual, and ideological debates shaping modern Chinese literature. Literary theory will be introduced, showing how texts can be analysed and framed in different ways. Class translations into English will focus as much on readability as the accuracy of the translation.
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 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  15
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 1000-word short story (20%) (write a short story in the style of an author).
2500-word essay (70%).
Individual presentation (10%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Discuss the main trends in Chinese literature from the early 20th century to the present
  2. Employ various literary theories and approaches in analysing Chinese literature
  3. Translate a variety of Chinese literary texts into natural English
  4. Deal with both full-form and simplified Chinese characters
  5. Formulate and produce an essay on a chosen aspect of Chinese literature
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Satisfactory completion of Chinese 3 Year Abroad including Chinese Literature 3 and Special Subject assignments
KeywordsAS Chin Lit 4B
Contacts
Course organiserDr Christopher Rosenmeier
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Email: christopher.rosenmeier@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lina Gordyshevskaya
Tel:
Email: pgordysh@ed.ac.uk
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