Classical Chinese Literature CHST 373G (in Spring 2013 double booked with ENGL 373R)

The course is open for everybody and is taught in English.

Introduces masterpieces of traditional Chinese literature (1500 BCE - 1644 CE) within the historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic context. We read in English translation Chinese classics, poetry of Tang and Song dynasty and the novels of late Ming dynasty. Students choose an author to identify with, present him or her in a roleplay, reporting his/her personal view on his/her own works and their place in history.

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This course is normally offered in Spring semester.

Instructor: Dr. Martin Woesler, Email: martin.woesler@uvu.edu
Office hours: Thu 9.15 a.m. – 9.45 a.m. PE 151 F, phone: +1 (801) 863 5195
Chinese Lunch: Tue Thu 1.00 p.m. – 1.30 p.m., 2^nd floor SC cafeteria

Course web site: https://uvu.instructure.com/courses/220487,
Course Syllabus: https://uvu.instructure.com/courses/220487/assignments/syllabus,
Wiki:  http://wiki.vm.rub.de/uvu/index.php/Classical_Chinese_Literature

Studies classical Chinese literature within the historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic context. Taught in English.

Media - Required reading:

1. The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature Vol. 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 1704 pp., May 24, 2010, ISBN 978-0521116770, A#1,596,071

Recommended readings:

2. Minford, John. Classical Chinese Literature. Columbia UP 2002, 1248 pp., Columbia University Press, April 15, 2002, ISBN 978-0231096775, A#105,3593. Owen, Stephen. An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911, 1264 pp., W. W. Norton & Company, March 17, 1997, ISBN: 978-0393971064, A#404,9964.

3. Victor Mair, ed., The Columbia History of Chinese Literature, New York: Columbia UP, 2001, 1376 pp. April 15, 1996, ISBN 978-0231074292, A#816,786

Student rating of instruction Spring 2012: Instructor: 4.57 of 5.00 (91.4%), Course: 4.71 of 5.00 (94.2%)