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Classical Chinese Literature - CHIN2221
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: http://languages.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/courseoutlines.shtml
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CHIN2007 or equivalent
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

The ability to read classical Chinese or wenyan is essential for a thorough understanding of Chinese language, history and culture because, after all, the main corpus of literature on these topics is written in classical Chinese. Presents an overview of China's literary tradition focussing, in particular, on literary techniques used in a variety of text types such as poetry, essays, fiction and drama.


Learning Outcomes

  • Ability to critically read the representative texts of classical Chinese literature starting with the Confucian texts in the pre-Qin period and running through to the Qing era
  • Demonstrate an appreciation of different genres including divination, philosophy, ancient prose, history and poetry
  • Critically examine seminal ideas in China's classical heritage
  • Develop rhetorical skills to adequately argue and defend a chosen position and present them in a coherent manner through research, presentation and essay writing.

Assessment

  • Class participation - 10%
  • Reading Reports (3 x 10%) - 30%
  • Research Project - 20%
  • Project Presentation - 20%
  • In-class test - 20%

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