CHIN 023. Modern Chinese Literature

(Cross-listed as LITR 023CH)
Modern Chinese literary texts created between 1918 and 1948, presenting a series of political, social, cultural, and ideological dilemmas underlying 20th-century Chinese history. The class will discuss fundamental issues of modernity and new literary developments under the impact of the May Fourth Movement. All texts are in English translation, and the class is conducted in English.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for ASIA
Fall 2026. Gao.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Chinese
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/chinese

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