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  • Course Number / Code:
  • 21F.044 (Spring 2007) 
  • Course Title:
  • Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Arundhati Banerjee 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 21F.044 Traditional Chinese Literature: Poetry, Fiction, and Drama



    Spring 2007




    Course Highlights


    This course features an extensive list of readings as well as its major assignments.


    Course Description


    This course is an introduction to some of the major genres of traditional Chinese poetry, fiction, and drama. Intended to give students a basic understanding of the central features of traditional Chinese literary genres, as well as to introduce students to the classic works of the Chinese literary tradition. Works read include Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Marsh, Dream of the Red Chamber, and the poetry of the major Tang dynasty poets. Literature read in translation. Taught in English.
     

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