LITR 023CH. Modern Chinese Literature: A New Novelistic Discourse (1918-1948)
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. No previous preparation in Chinese required. All texts are in English translation, and the class is conducted in English. (Cross-listed as CHIN 023) 1 credit. Not offered 2014-2015. http://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation