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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#9999CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="041105a1ezuabz.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>242 Chinese Literature in Translation II: Popular Fiction and Drama</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="242 Chinese Literature in Translation II"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Schedule</B>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assignments"><U>Assignments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handouts"><U>Handouts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meet Your Teacher"><U>Meet Your Teacher</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCCCE4" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040d2182ecggew.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Schedule</div> <bR> <div> CP = course packet</div> <div> Eelectronic Reserve = Electronic versions of these documents can be accessed through the Eelectronic Reserve Section of IRIS</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Week 1</B></div> <bR> <div> Th 1/22  </div> <bR> <div> Introduction</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 2</B></div> <bR> <div> M 1/26 <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dunhuang Literature"><U><B>Dunhuang Literature</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="mulian"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Please read "The Great Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother From Hell," in <I>Traditional Chinese Stories</I>, pp. 441-455.</div> <bR> <div> Explore the Internet Link: <A HREF="http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/FEATURES/SilkRoad/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instruct"><U>Silk Road Encounters</U></A> (in particular Geography and Beliefs)</div> <bR> <div> Video: "The Silk Road, Part 3: The Art Gallery in the Desert" (in class)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05c64650.gif" border=0 width="100" height="101" ALT="Mu-lien encounters his mother." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Th 1/29 <B>cont.</B></div> <div>        </div> <div>        Please reread "The Great Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother From Hell." In <I>Traditional Chinese Stories</I>, pp. 441-455.</div> <div> Please read Patricia Ebrey, ed., <I>Chinese Civilization</I>, pp. 17-26 ("Confucian Teachings"), pp. 64-68 ("The Classic of Filial Piety"), pp. 97-104 ("Buddhist Doctrines and Practices"). (all in CP)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 3</B></div> <bR> <div> M 2/2 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Discussion of Confucian and Buddhist elements in "The Great Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother From Hell."</div> <bR> <div> Th 2/5 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read "Wu Tzu-hsu," in Arthur Waley, <I>Ballads and Stories from Dunhuang</I>, pp. 25-52, and Ssu-ma Ch'ien, "The Biography of Wu Tzu-hsu," in Burton Watson, <I>Records of the Historian</I>, pp. 16-29. (both in CP)</div> <div> [For students who have taken 241: there is a section on Wu Zi-xu in Stephen Owen's <I>An Anthology of Chinese Literature</I>, pp. 87-101.]</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 4</B></div> <bR> <div> M 2/9 <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="From Tang Tale to Yuan Drama"><U><B>From Tang Tale to Yuan Drama</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="yingying"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Please read "The Story of Ying-ying," in <I>Traditional Chinese Stories</I>, pp. 139-145.</div> <div> [For students who have taken 241: Owen translates and discusses the story in his <I>An Anthology of Chinese Literature</I>, pp. 540-549.]</div> <bR> <div> To familiarize yourself with Tang culture, please go to the <A HREF="http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/"><U>Asia For Educators</U></A> web site, choose View by file type and then select the topic "Tang Poetry."</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assignments"><U><B>Paper 1 due</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Th 2/12 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read Plays 1 and 2 of Wang Shifu's <I>The Story of the Western Wing,</I> pp. 114-190.</div> <bR> <div> To familiarize with yourself with the culture of Song and Yuan China, please go to the <A HREF="http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/contents.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/con"><U>Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization</U></A>, choose Painting and then selectPainting as a Social Record.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 5</B></div> <bR> <div> M 2/16 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read Plays 3, Acts 1, 2 and 4, and Play 4 of Wang Shifu's <I>The Story of the Western Wing, </I>pp. 191-238, 246-252.</div> <bR> <div> Th 2/19 <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Early Vernacular Short Story"><U><B>Early Vernacular Short Story</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="short_story"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Please read "Eternal Prisoner under the Thunder Peak Pagoda," in <I>Traditional Chinese Stories</I>, pp. 355-378, and Kuo Li-chung. "The Snake in Chinese Legend and Myths" (in CP, pp. 301-309).</div> <bR> <div> Video: excerpts from Hou Hsiao-hsien, <I>The Puppetmaster </I>(in class)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Homework 1 due</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 6</B></div> <bR> <div> M 2/23 <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vernacular Novel"><U><B>Vernacular Novel</B></U></A></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="vernacular_novel"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B>        </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Journey to the West"><U><B>The Journey to the West</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="journey"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Please read Chapters 1-5 of <I>The Journey to the West, </I>Chapter 1 in CP, pp. 182-191;  Chapters 2-4 on Electronic Reserve; Chapter in CP, pp. 192-199.</div> <bR> <div> Th 2/26 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 7, 8, 12, 14 of <I>The Journey to the West,</I>  pp. 166-179, 184-197, 268-283, 297-314 (all in CP, pp. 200-231); and "How Pigsy Gets Married," in <I>Adventures of Monkey God</I>, pp. 387-427 (Electronic Reserve).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 7</B></div> <bR> <div> M 3/1 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 54-55 of <I>The Journey to the West</I>, pp. 52-85 (in CP, pp. 232-248)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assignments"><U><B>Paper 2 due</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Th 3/4 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 59-61 and 98-100 of <I>The Journey to the West,</I> pp. 134-185, 378-429 (in CP, pp. 249-300)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 8</B></div> <bR> <div> M 3/8 </div> <bR> <div> Review for Mid-term</div> <bR> <div> Th 3/11</div> <bR> <div> <B>Mid-Term</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 9</B></div> <bR> <div> 3/13-3/21: Spring Recess</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 10</B></div> <bR> <div> M 3/22 <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Three Kingdoms"><U><B>Three Kingdoms</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="three"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Please read Lo Kuan-chung, <I>Three Kingdoms,</I> pp. ixx-xxv, 3-23, 44-65 (in CP, pp. 68-93); and "Beheading Yan Liang," in Vibeke Bordahl and Jette Ross, <I>Chinese Storytellers</I>, pp. 315-329 (in CP, pp. 148-162)</div> <bR> <div> Video: "Beheading Yan Liang" (in class)</div> <bR> <div> Th 3/25 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read Lo Kuan-chung, <I>Three Kingdoms</I>, pp. 111-130, 150-163, 179-200 (in CP, pp. 94-123)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 11</B></div> <bR> <div> M 3/29 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read Lo Kuan-chung, <I>Three Kingdoms, </I>pp. 214-248 (in CP, pp. 124-133); and Guan Hanqing, <I>Lord Guan Goes to the Feast </I>(in CP, pp. 134-147)</div> <bR> <div> Video: performance of Act 4 of <I>Lord Guan Goes to the Feast </I>(in class)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assignments"><U><B>Paper 3 due</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Th 4/1 <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Outlaws of the Marsh"><U><B>Outlaws of the Marsh</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="outlaws"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Please read chapters 1-5 in Shi Nai'an, <I>Outlaws of the Marsh</I>, pp. 1-81.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 12</B></div> <bR> <div> M 4/5 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 9-13 in Shi Nai'an, <I>Outlaws of the Marsh, </I>pp. 140-245.</div> <bR> <div> Th 4/8 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 14-16 in Shi Nai'an, <I>Outlaws of the Marsh</I>, pp. 246-295, 452-458.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 13 </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Plum in the Golden Vase"><U><B>The Plum in the Golden Vase</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="jpm"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> M 4/12</div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 1, 9, and 10 of <I>The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei</I>.<I> Volume One: The Gathering</I><I>.</I></div> <bR> <div> Th 4/15 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 11 and 12 of <I>The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei. Volume One: The Gathering</I>, pp. 205-252; and Patricia Ebrey, ed., <I>Chinese Civilization</I>, pp. 238-244 ("Family Instructions"). CP</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 14</B></div> <bR> <div> M 4/19 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16 of <I>The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei.</I> <I>Volume One: The Gathering</I>, pp. 253-336.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assignments"><U><B>Paper 4 due</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Th 4/22 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read chapters 19 and 20 of <I>The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei.</I> <I>Volume One: The Gathering,</I> pp. 376-427.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 15</B></div> <bR> <div> M 4/26 <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Late Ming Vernacular Short Story: Feng M"><U><B>Late Ming Vernacular Short Story: Feng Menglong, Ling Mengchu, and Li Yu</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="feng"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Please read Feng Menglong, "The Pearl Shirt Reencountered," in <I>Traditional Chinese Stories</I>, pp. 264-292.</div> <bR> <div> Th 4/29 <B>cont.</B></div> <bR> <div> Please read Ling Mengchu, "The Swindler Alchemists," in <I>Traditional Chinese Stories</I>, pp. 562-574.</div> <div> Li Yu. "The Tower of Summer Heat." Electronic Reserve.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Week 16</B></div> <bR> <div> M 5/3</div> <bR> <div> Review and Conclusion</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Final Exam:</B> Wednesday May 12, 2004, 12 noon to 3 p.m.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>