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Modern Chinese Literature


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Modern Chinese Literature

Professor Wu Xiuming

Chinese Department
School of Humanities, Zhejiang University

Course Structure: Three 50-minute classes per week

 

Name of the Curriculum

Chinese Literature III (Modern Chinese Literature)

English Name of the Curriculum

Modern Chinese Literature

The Character of the Curriculum      

Compulsory Course

The Suitable Level

The Undergraduate

The Suitable Specialty

Chinese Specialty and Other Specialties of Liberal Arts

The Total Credits

The Theory Credits


Course Description

The history of Chinese literature has been more than 2000 years. Chinese literature III is the history of Chinese literature development from 1917 to 1949, which is also called "the history of modern Chinese literature". Modern Chinese literature curriculum mainly include: (1)the historical and cultural background in which modern Chinese literature occurred; (2) “5.4" New Culture Movement and "5.4" modern literature; (3) from "literary revolution" to "revolutionary literature"; (4) Lu Xun, the great pioneer of modern Chinese literature; (5) modern Chinese novel creation and development; (6) modern Chinese poetry creation and development; (7) modern Chinese prose creation and development; (8) modern Chinese drama creation and development; (9) the birth and development of modern Chinese movie literature; (10) the great literary ideological trends, the writers and works in the history of modern Chinese literature

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Modern Chinese Literature. (2008, September 01). Retrieved January 06, 2009, from CORE OCW Web site: http://ocw.core.org.cn/CORE/literature/modern-chinese-literature. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License