21F.044 Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama, Spring 2007
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Author(s)
Faculty, Foreign Languages and Literatures Department
Alternative Title
Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama
Date Issued
June 2007
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.
Subjects
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
MIT 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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