INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE POETRY

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

This course seeks to decode enchanting features of traditional Chinese poetry through examining the transformation of poetic genres, the interaction between poetic creation and political, social and cultural changes, and the close association of poetry with art. Thus, this course also serves to understand Chinese culture and history through poetic perspectives. All readings in English translation. Cross-list: CHIN 330 , MDEM 370 .