Chin Lit Culture: Trauma

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

From May Fourth to June Fourth, from the Chinese Enlightenment to the dissident narratives, this course spotlights some historical events and significant moments in modern Chinese history. Our goal is to trace the trauma, resistance, and resilience that profoundly shaped China from the early twentieth century to the present. By closely examining an assortment of textual and cinematic materials, we will discuss how key cultural-political movements are woven into an array of rhetorical styles and affective scenarios. Throughout the course, we will stay longer with the issues of modernist innovation, socialist processes, feminist thinking, and so on. This course will be conducted in Chinese in the form of lectures and discussions.