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 in-depth knowledge of the modern and contemporary literature of China and Taiwan, with a focus on realism and modernism, through a critical reading of texts in Chinese by the most representative writers.

Core Documentation

Texts (excerpts) in Chinese read and analyzed in class
- Readings of short stories, essays, and poetry
- Rosa Lombardi, Voci da Taiwan, Orientalia, 2022
-Joshua Mostow, Kirk Denton, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. Press
- Essays and text uploaded on Teams

Type of delivery of the course

Lessons in presence

Type of evaluation

oral exam, paper