21F.044 Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama, Spring 2007

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Faculty, Foreign Languages and Literatures Department

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Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama

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Abstract

This course is an introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Marsh, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English.

Date issued

2007-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75286

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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21F.044-Spring2007

local: 21F.044

local: IMSCP-MD5-909e21912e719cd6bca7a7ef2bfcca8d

Keywords

chinese poetry, chinese culture, chinese, novel, the story of the western wing, three kingdoms, outlaws of the marsh, the journey to the west, the story of the stone, monkey, film adaptation

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