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

This course examines the status of women in modern and contemporary China and Taiwan, and the development of identity consciousness in its various conjugations, by reading and critically analysing representative works by well-known modern and contemporary writers.

Core Documentation

Rosa Lombardi, Voci da Taiwan, Orientalia, 2022
-Joshua Mostow, Kirk Denton, The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature, Columbia Un. Press, 2007 (parti trattate a lezione)
- Essays uploaded onTeams
- Chinese texts and short stories Teams uploaded on

Type of delivery of the course

Traditional

Attendance

highly recommended

Type of evaluation

Final paper on a specific topic for the students who have actively participated in the lectures or final oral examination