AIP 302 Chinese Culture through Fiction and Drama (IP)

2023-2024 Catalog

The seminar will introduce students to Chinese culture through the readings of fiction and drama from the traditional to the modern period.  Through a close examination of the selected texts, including love stories, didactic tales, political satires, and ghost stories, and in conjunction with supplementary readings and visual materials, the course will explore a series of topics: philosophical and religious systems, definition of socio-political order, ideas about love and desire in Chinese culture, and political and social protests in China.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

WRIT 102 or WRIT 201