The 3rd year Literature course (Non-European language) comes under the complementary learning activities of the bachelor’s degree course in Languages and Cultural & Linguistic Mediation, specifically the activities aimed at providing knowledge of the cultural and in particular the literary tradition of the foreign language of study, as well as the tools to analyze critically texts belonging to diverse literary typologies.
The course aims at expanding and enhancing: a) the acquaintance with the principal genres, authors and texts in the language of study; b) the application of the tools for the analysis of typologically diverse literary texts.
Expected learning outcomes: the students will further enhance and develop their familiarity with significant genres, authors and literary texts in the foreign language of study, as well as their ability to analyze different typologies of literary texts.
The course aims at expanding and enhancing: a) the acquaintance with the principal genres, authors and texts in the language of study; b) the application of the tools for the analysis of typologically diverse literary texts.
Expected learning outcomes: the students will further enhance and develop their familiarity with significant genres, authors and literary texts in the foreign language of study, as well as their ability to analyze different typologies of literary texts.
teacher profile teaching materials
Federica Passi, Letteratura Taiwanese – un profilo storico, Cafoscarina, 2007
Saggi e letture su argomenti specifici caricati su Teams
Compulsory readings:
Mo Yan, Sorgo Rosso, Einaudi, 1997 e segg
Wang Shuo, Metà acqua, metà fuoco, Orientalia 2024
Three books by different authors
Su Tong, Mogli e concubine, Orientalia, 2020
Su Tong, La casa dell’oppio, Orientalia 2018
Mo Yan, Le rane, Einaudi, 2013
Zhu Tianxin, Nostalgia dei fratelli dei villaggi di guarnigione, Orientalia 2023
A Cheng, La trilogia dei re, Bompiani, 2003 (uno dei tre)
Qiu Maojin, Ultime lettere da Montmartre, Feltrinelli 2016
Qiu Xiaolong, La misteriosa morte della compagna Guan, Marsilio 2018
Qiu Xiaolong, Nuove storie del vicolo della polvere, Marsilio 2014
Bei Dao, Antologia poetica, Elliot, 2019
Chen Li, Antologia poetica, Orientalia, 2024
Programme
The course introduces contemporary literature from China and Taiwan, beginning with socialist realism, and examines the transformations of the literary landscape in the 1980s and the emergence of more experimental forms in both fiction and poetry. At the same time, it presents the development of Taiwanese literature from the colonial period, tracing its historical and cultural dynamics from a comparative perspective. The theoretical framework will be complemented by the critical reading and discussion of selected works.Core Documentation
Joshua Mostow, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. PressFederica Passi, Letteratura Taiwanese – un profilo storico, Cafoscarina, 2007
Saggi e letture su argomenti specifici caricati su Teams
Compulsory readings:
Mo Yan, Sorgo Rosso, Einaudi, 1997 e segg
Wang Shuo, Metà acqua, metà fuoco, Orientalia 2024
Three books by different authors
Su Tong, Mogli e concubine, Orientalia, 2020
Su Tong, La casa dell’oppio, Orientalia 2018
Mo Yan, Le rane, Einaudi, 2013
Zhu Tianxin, Nostalgia dei fratelli dei villaggi di guarnigione, Orientalia 2023
A Cheng, La trilogia dei re, Bompiani, 2003 (uno dei tre)
Qiu Maojin, Ultime lettere da Montmartre, Feltrinelli 2016
Qiu Xiaolong, La misteriosa morte della compagna Guan, Marsilio 2018
Qiu Xiaolong, Nuove storie del vicolo della polvere, Marsilio 2014
Bei Dao, Antologia poetica, Elliot, 2019
Chen Li, Antologia poetica, Orientalia, 2024
Attendance
Regular attendance is strongly recommended.Type of evaluation
The exam format will be explained in class through a simulation