20711187 - CHINESE LITERATURE LM

The Literature course (Non-European language) MA comes under the complementary learning activities of the MA course in Modern languages for International Communication, specifically those aimed at providing a solid preparation in the cultural and literary context of the language of study approached from an historical and critical perspective, as well as in the application of critical analysis and comment to texts belonging to diverse literary typologies.
The course aims at deepening and strengthening: a) knowledge of the most significant geners, authors and texts from the modern and/or contemporary period in the language of study; b) the ability to analyze critically and to comment on typologically diverse literary texts in the language of study.
Expected learning outcomes: the students will further enhance and strengthen their familiarity with the genres, authors and literary texts in the foreign language of study; they will further enhance their ability to analyze critically literary texts in the original.
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Programme

Acquisition of wider knowledge on contemporary literature of China and Taiwan through the readings and analysis of the works in Chinese by the most representative authors.

Core Documentation

-Texts (excerpts) in Chinese analysed in class
- Readings of short stories and poetry
-Rosa Lombardi, Voci da Taiwan, Orientalia, 2022
-Federica Passi, Letteratura Taiwanese, Cafoscarina, 2007
-Joshua Mostow, Kirk Denton, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. Press


Type of delivery of the course

lessons and lectures

Type of evaluation

presentation of a paper on a topic discussed in class, oral examination