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158-203/303 Modern Chinese Literature

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Ms D Manwaring.

Prerequisite: Chinese 2B or equivalent. This subject is not available to students who have completed Chinese Literature Reading Project or Advanced Chinese Level 2.

Contact: One lecture, and 2 textual study classes per week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

By the end of the subject students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the major developments in Modern Chinese Literature since the Literary Revolution and of the ideological issues involved. They should also be able to demonstrate an acquaintance with the works of a number of significant twentieth century writers.

Content:

This subject examines the developments in Modern Chinese Literature from the Literary Revolution to the resent. Students will study selected Chinese texts in class as well as reading widely in English for the lecture.

Assessment:

One 2-hour written exam (40%); assignments not exceeding 2,000 words (40%); class work not exceeding 1,000 words (20%). Students will be required to attend a minimum of 70% of all classes in order to be eligible to take the examination.

Prescribed texts:

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2. Chinese, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p83) : Next:158-204 | Prev:158-113

158-203/303 Modern Chinese Literature

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Ms D Manwaring.

Prerequisite: Chinese 2B or equivalent. This subject is not available to students who have completed Chinese Literature Reading Project or Advanced Chinese Level 2.

Contact: One lecture, and 2 textual study classes each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

By the end of the subject students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the major developments in Modern Chinese Literature since the Literary Revolution and of the ideological issues involved. They should also be able to demonstrate an acquaintance with the works of a number of significant twentieth century writers.

Content:

This subject examines the developments in Modern Chinese Literature from the Literary Revolution to the resent. Students will study selected Chinese texts in class as well as reading widely in English for the lecture.

Assessment:

One 2-hour written exam (40 per cent); assignments not exceeding 2,000 words (40 per cent); class work not exceeding 1,000 words (20 per cent). Students will be required to attend a minimum of 70 per cent of all classes in order to be eligible to take the examination.

Prescribed texts:

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