CHINESE LITERATURE 1

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
LETTERATURA CINESE 1
Course code
LT003I (AF:301747 AR:165632)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Subdivision
Surnames A-L
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-OR/21
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
This is one of the core courses within the Cina curriculum of the Corso di Laurea in "Lingue, Culture e Società dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea"
Better knowledge of the historical development of chinese literature, from the origins to the Song dynasty.
The course does not require any prerequisite
Critical notes on authors, works and literary genres of each period.

W. IDEMA e L. HAFT, Letteratura cinese, Venezia, Cafoscarina, 2000 (pp. 7-207)

Further insights on works, authors and genres may be found in the following texts:

Sun, Kangyi, and Stephen Owen, The Cambridge History of ChineseLiterature, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Knechtges, David R., and Taiping Chang. 2010. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature: a reference guide. Leiden, Brill, 2010.

Loewe, M. (a cura di), Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide, Berkeley, The Society for the Study of Early China-The Institute of East Asian Studies: University of California, 1993.

Nienhauser, William H. Jr., The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1986.

Other sources will be suggested during the lessons.
The written test will consist of 25/30 questions concerning genres, authors, works and dates of ancient literary history, from the origins to the Song period.

The course will consist of fifteen lectures
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 14/10/2019