242 Chinese Literature in Translation II: Popular Fiction and Drama

<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> <B>242 Chinese Literature in Translation II: Popular Fiction and Drama</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCCCE4" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040d2182ecggew.gif"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="03f7b780.jpg" border=0 width="123" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Welcome to our class site!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schedule"><U>Schedule</U></A>   |   <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> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Course Description:</B></div> <bR> <div> This course is an introduction to pre-modern vernacular Chinese literature. We will cover the major genres and texts of this tradition and approach them from different perspectives. In particular, we will pay close attention to narrative structure, rhetoric, narrative themes, and issues such as gender relations, moral values and conflicts, societal and individual ideals and aspirations, etc. </div> <bR> <div> No previous knowledge of Chinese literature or culture is required. All texts are provided in English translations.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Instructor:</B></div> <bR> <div> Prof. Dietrich Tschanz</div> <div> Office: Scott Hall 337</div> <div> Phone: (732) 932-5596</div> <div> Email: dtschanz@rci.rutgers.edu</div> <div> Office hours: Monday 11:15 am to 12 noon, and by arrangement</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Frequency and Place of Meetings:</B></div> <bR> <div> The class meets twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays, during 2nd period in Campbell Hall A-1 (CAC).</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Class Website</B></div> <bR> <div> I have established a simple class web site which is available at:</div> <bR> <div> http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dtschanz/242/</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Requirements</B></div> <bR> <div> Regular class attendance and participation; brief homework assignments; four papers of 5 pages each; midterm and final.</div> <bR> <div> Regular class attendance and participation (including leadership in group work) are important requirements for this course. They can make a significant difference in your grade.</div> <bR> <div> Assignments are due on the date noted in the schedule.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Mid-Term:</B></div> <bR> <div> The mid-term examination will consist of two parts: in the first part, I will test you on your knowledge of the texts, concepts, and terms introduced in class; in the second part, I will ask you to write two short essays on the content, form, meaning, or other aspects of the material we covered in class.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Final:</B></div> <bR> <div> The final will follow the format of the mid-term. Although it will be not cumulative, there will be certain questions for which you will have to relate the later material to the earlier one.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Grading:</B></div> <bR> <div> Class attendance and participation: 10%</div> <div> Homework: 10%</div> <div> Papers: 30%</div> <div> Mid-term: 25%</div> <div> Final 25%</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Required Books:</B></div> <bR> <div> Ma, Y. W. and S. M. Lau, eds. <I>Traditional Chinese Stories: Themes and Variations.</I> New York: Columbia UP, 1978.</div> <div> Wang Shifu. <I>The Story of the Western Wing.</I> Trans. Wilt Idema and Stephen H. West. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.</div> <div> Shi, Nai’an. <I>Outlaws of the Marsh.</I> Abridged version. Hong Kong: Commercial Press, 1991. </div> <div> Roy, David T., trans. <I>The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei. Volume One: The Gathering.</I> Princeton: Princeton UP, 1997.</div> <bR> <div> All books are available at the Rutgers University Bookstore in the Ferren Mall (across from NJ Transit/Amtrak Station).</div> <bR> <div> In addition, a course packet is available at Pequod Copy.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Reserve Books (Alexander Library Undergraduate Reserve) </B></div> <bR> <div> All of the required books are available in the Alexander Undergraduate Reserve.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Electronic Reserve</B></div> <bR> <div> Some texts are available in electronic format through the Rutgers Library web site.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>