Admission requirements
No prerequisites. Successful completion of a course in Chinese history or literature at the BA1 and BA2 levels is recommended. Students are expected to exert critical thinking, and to plan their individual engagement/production (final paper) with good strategy and originality. Evaluation will be based on class discussion, familiarity with the material and the elaboration of a workable approach in the assessment of texts and specific issues as elements of a larger social/cultural/literary/intellectual context for the writing of a final paper.
Description
This course uses “narrative” as a broad concept to closely examine a wide range of texts from premodern China. It builds on and expands students’ knowledge of Chinese history and literature. Primary texts will be drawn from the earliest histories, autobiographical and biographical writings, short stories, epitaphs, drama, vernacular literature, and novels, arranged chronologically from pre-Qin to the Qing dynasty. The accompanying secondary literature will introduce different approaches to the study of these diverse genres from different historical periods, helping the students to gain a sense of the richness of the Chinese literary tradition and the varieties of questions one can explore with the approaches one finds helpful.
Course objectives
Introduce students to narrotology and different approaches to studying narratives
Familiarize students with major types of narratives in premodern China;
Develop students’ ability to analyze and interpret texts, as well as their skills to clearly present their ideas in oral presentations and writing.
Timetable
See collegerooster
Mode of instruction
- Seminar
Course Load
5 EC x 28 h = approx 140 hours total
13 × 2 contact hours = 26 hours
approx 4 hours preparation for each session of 2 hours = approx 56 hours
approx 10 hours preparation for oral presentations = approx 10 hours
approx 48 hours for writing paper = approx 48 hours
Assessment method
Active participation, 20% of the final grade
Presentation, 10% of the final grade
Short writing assignments, 20% of the final grade
Final essay, 50% of the final grade
The final grade consists of the weighted average of all course components. A resit for the final essay is allowed if a student scores a non-passing grade (5,49 or lower) on the first attempt.
Blackboard
Yes. This course uses Blackboard for announcements, syllabus, supplementary course documents, etc.
Reading list
Articles will be posted on Blackboard. Books will be available on a reserve shelf in East Asian Library.
Registration
Registration through uSis. Not registered, means no permission to attend this course. See also the ‘Registrationprocedures for classes and examinations’ for registration deadlines and more information on how to register.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
For further information about the content of this course, please contact the lecturer Qiao Jiyan
Remarks
There will be limited opportunities to write a thesis for this course and preference will be given to those who need to graduate first.