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Instructor: Zou, Zhen
A-F only, prereq Chinese 3032 or equivalent or instructor consent, 3.0
cr
This course will expose advanced students to various Chinese writings
and improve their ability to read Chinese literary works in the original
and write articles in Chinese.
The hope is that this will inspire students to further explore modern
Chinese literature and culture. In this course we will study literary
writings of different styles in contemporary China, including short stories,
essays, and poems written since the late 1970s to the present, but they
reflect Chinese society since the early 1950s. The course will
also expose students to newly emerged Internet writing and "new human"
(xinxin renlei) writing. The lectures and discussions will focus on the
use of the language, the contents of the writings, and their reflection
of contemporary Chinese society while, at the same time, we will also
try to explore the Chinese cultural and philosophical meanings found in
those works. The course will be taught in Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin).
Class URL: http://www.all.umn.edu/chinese_language
Class time: 40% lecture, 50% discussion, 5% laboratory,
5% Internet reading, film viewing, skits.
Work load: 8 pages of reading per week, 10 pages of
writing per semester, 2 exam(s), 1 final project.
Grade: 10% class participation; 15% essay writing; 35%
quizzes, homework, skit writing, Chinese web exploration, and oral report;
10% mid-term exam; 15% final exam; 15% final project.
Exam format: Fill in blanks, answering questions, essay
writing.
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