SURVEY OF MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe representative works and topics of modern Chinese literature. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize and evaluate how these works respond to and are shaped by their social, cultural, historical, and political contexts both in China and globally. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Acquire skills of close reading by considering the importance of language, translation, literary form, narrative structure, and ideology. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop critical and creative thinking, supported by question-centered inquiry and discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Improve written and oral communication. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe representative works and topics of modern Chinese literature. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize and evaluate how these works respond to and are shaped by their social, cultural, historical, and political contexts both in China and globally. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Acquire skills of close reading by considering the importance of language, translation, literary form, narrative structure, and ideology. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop critical and creative thinking, supported by question-centered inquiry and discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Improve written and oral communication. Audience: Undergraduate