East Asian Lang & Literature 360 - SEM:TOPICS E ASIAN LANG & LIT

Topics course. This seminar will explore how China recollects, reflects and reinterprets its past, and how Chinese history and its literary and cultural traditions are represented in a new light on the world stage through film and literature. We will also examine closely how tradition is integrated and transformed into modern Chinese society and life. Topics include literary texts and films about Confucius and the First Emperor of China, the concept of Hero, the representation of Mulan, Du Liniang, and the heroine Qiu Jin. Enrollment limited to 12 juniors and seniors. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

Topic: Revising the Past in Chinese Literature and Film. Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores