A survey of major works in premodern Chinese literature, including poetry, essays, short narratives and drama from the Song through Qing dynasties (10th - 19th centuries CE). Themes include: orality and literacy; masculine and feminine discourses; image and text; poetry and narrative; (auto)biography and fiction; intertextuality and authorship; the supernatural and realistic; establishment and resistance; and the centre and periphery. All readings will be in English.
A survey of major works in premodern Chinese literature, including poetry, essays, short narratives and drama from the Song through Qing dynasties (10th - 19th centuries CE). Themes include: orality and literacy; masculine and feminine discourses; image and text; poetry and narrative; (auto)biography and fiction; intertextuality and authorship; the supernatural and realistic; establishment and resistance; and the centre and periphery. All readings will be in English.
