L
SIMON ERASER UNIVERSITY
Education 384-3: ?
Chins -
Contemporary Social Issues for Teachers -
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Fiction in Translation
Summer Session, 1990
(July 3 - August 10)
Mondays!We dnes days
1:00-3:50 p.m.
Location: MPX 7500F
Instructor: Dr. Wu Jingyu
PREREQUISITE:
Educ. 401/401 and practicing teacher
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Since the late 1970's the creative writers of the People's Republic of
China have enjoyed much more freedom than in previous decades to
depict the life and sentiments of the ordinary people in that country.
This course aims at helping teachers to know contemporary China
through reading and discussing the English translation of novels and
short stories published during the last decade.
LIST OF TOPICS
Session 1 ?
Introduction - Historical background and
characteristics of post-cultural revolution literature
Voices of Spring (Wang Meng)
Session 2 ?
Changes in the countryside
• Badly Edited Story (Ru Zhijuan)
• Corner Forsaken by Love (Zhang Xian)
Session 3
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Urban Life
The Man from a Pedlar's Family (Lu Wenfu)
The Destination (Wang Anyi)*
Session 4 ?
Love & Family
Love Must Not Be Forgotten (Zhang Jie)
A Rose-colored Evening Meal (Shen Rong)
Session 5
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Youth - Lost & Regained (I)
A Land of Wonder & Mystery (Liang Xiaosheng)
The Wooded Hill (Zhang Xinxin & Sang Ye)
Session 6
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Youth - Lost & Regained (II)
Rivers of the North (Zhang Chengzhi)**
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Session 7
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Intellectuals - Hardships & Dedication (I)
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Mimosa (Zhang Xianliang)
Session 8
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Intellectuals - Hardships & Dedication (II)
At Middle Age (Shen Rong)
Session 9
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Women - Burden of the Past
The Well (Lu Wenfu)***
Session 10 ?
Politics & the Individual (I)
The Butterfly (Wang Meng)
Session 11 ?
Politics & the Individual
A Small Town Called Hibiscus (Gu Hua)
Session 12 ?
Issues of Concern
A Spate of Visitors (Wang Meng)
Ten Years Dedicated (Shen Rong)
* Chinese Literature Autumn 1984
** Chinese Literature Summer 1987
*** Chinese Literature Spring 1987
All other stories and novels are available in Panda Books published by
Chinese Literature.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Will be announced at the first class.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Wang Meng. The Butterfl
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and Other Stories.
Zhang Xianliang. Mimosa.
Gu Hua. A Small Town Called Hibiscus.
Shen Rong. At Middle Age.
Note: ?
A few additional sessions will be offered in Mandarin for the
benefit of language teachers enrolling in the course, but these
additional lectures need not be attended by non-Mandarin
speaking students.
For further information contact Undergraduate Programs at 291-4417.
