Hell on Earth?

Course Schedule



WEEK ONE: LU XUN AND HIS FICTION
Lu photo Kong Yiji

Mon. Jan. 4 Introduction--Literature and Literati in Traditional Chinese Society /China around the turn of the 19th Century/ Lu Xun
 

Tues. Jan. 5 The early fiction of Lu Xun--Addressing China 's Ills through Literature

Movie: New Year Sacrifice


Wed. Jan. 6 Lu Xun's Character Types--The Benighted Peasant, and the Victimized Woman

Thurs. Jan. 7 Lu Xun's Character Types--Traditional Literati and the Ineffectual Intellectual

WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE SATURDAY JAN. 9, 12:00 NOON


WEEK TWO: MAY 4 MOVEMENT LITERATURE UNTIL 1945

May 4 students May 4


Mon. Jan. 11  The Influence of the West--Romance and Decadence

Tues. Jan. 12 Critiques of Traditional China (Small  Group Discussions #1)

Movie: Family

Wed. Jan. 13 China in the 30s and 40s-- Foreign Aggression and Competition, Internal Strife

Movie: The Lin Family Shop                                                                         

Thurs. Jan. 14 Women Writers and the Female ExperienceI (Small Group Discussions #2)

WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE SATURDAY JAN. 16, 12:00 NOON


WEEK THREE: TAIWAN AND THE PRC AFTER 1949
taiwan founding

Mon. Jan. 18 The Taiwan Experience--Emigre and Nativist Writers

Tues. Jan. 19 Mainland China after the founding of the PRC and during the Cultural Revolution (Small Group Discussions #3)

Movie: Hibiscus Town

Wed. Jan. 20 The Taiwan Experience--Modernity

Movie: Good Men, Good Women

Thurs. Jan. 21 The Taiwan Experience--Modernity (Small Group Discussions #4)


WEEK FOUR: THE 80S AND 90S
mao pictures modern sculpture

Mon. Jan. 25 Women Writers and the Female Experience II

Tues. Jan. 26 Satire and Reinterpretations of the Recent Past (Small Group Discussions #5)

Movie: The Blue Kite

Wed. Jan. 27 Reactions to Socialist Realism

Movie: Yellow Earth

Thurs. Jan. 28 Lu Xun's Legacy and Course Wrap-up

  WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE BY 5:00 PM
 

Detail from a piece of traditional Chinese furniture


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