Chinese 597Q - ST-Ming-Qing Novel II
Spring
2017
01
3.00
Suet-Ying Chiu
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
20452
This course focuses on traditional Chinese novels written in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). We will engage in close readings of masterworks of vernacular novels, ranging in genre from romance narratives to martial adventures, while paying attention to the origins and development of Chinese fiction.