Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2504012 Spanish and Chinese Studies: Language, Literature and Culture | OB | 3 | 2 |
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The aim of the course is to provide students with a panoramic view of the great artistic and literary currents of Chinese literature from its origins to the contemporary era. Upon completion of the course, students will learn about the chronology of Chinese literature, the major works of classical Chinese literature, as well as the most important works of Chinese literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition, they must be able to decipher the aesthetic and literary keys of these works, and must also be able to identify and place the texts of the Chinese tradition in the original context based on their reading. Students will also need to be able to analyze classical texts in translation, and modern and contemporary texts in translation or original (if they are simple). Students are also expected to be able to justify their analysises and to critically present works from the Chinese tradition, modern and contemporary times.
This compulsory third-year subject will introduce students to Chinese literature from the earliest times to the present day by studying its main characteristics, the most representative currents, the main authors and some of the most relevant literary texts (in translation, with the exception of some easier modern and contemporary texts of which the original in Chinese will also be provided).
The course is divided into two major blocks: one for classical Chinese literature and one focusing on modern and contemporary literature.
The part related to classical literature includes the following teaching units (TU) that can last one or more sessions:
• TU1.1: The concept of literature in classical China and literary genres.
• TU1.2: Pre-imperial literature (Shang and Zhou dynasties, classics, philosophical writings)
• TU1.3: Literature after the construction of the Chinese empire (Qin and Han dynasties)
• TU1.4: Poetry from the Han Dynasty to the Tang
• TU1.5: The poetry of the Tang and Song dynasties
• TU1.6: Theater in China (origins and theater of the imperial era)
• TU1.7: Introduction to Chinese narrative (origins, Dunhuang Buddhist literature, extraordinary stories, Ming and Qing narrative)
The part relating to modern and contemporary Chinese literature provides for the following TUs:
• TU2.1: Sunset of the Qing Dynasty and towards linguistic and literary modernity
• TU2.2: Four of May, renewal, realism and the figure of Lu Xun
• TU2.3: The literary movement of butterflies
• TU2.4: Modernism
• TU2.5: Interwar literature
• TU2.6: Maoism and revolutionary literature
• TU2.7: Eighties and nineties: post-Maoist literature and towards a market literature
• TU2.8: Literature of the 21st century
• TU2.9: Sinophone literature: Taiwan and Southeast Asia
The course is divided into two large blocks of the same length. The first will be dedicated to classical literature and the second to modern and contemporary literature.
In each block, the presentations of the great literary movements, of the most representative authors will be combined with the reading and commentary of specific works (or fragments).
Students must actively participate in the classes.
Text files that will contain the basic readings, as well as the compulsory bibliography of the subject will be uploaded to Moodle.
Students are also expected to study in order to supplement the information given during the guided sessions.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Analysis of texts | 22.5 | 0.9 | 1, 2, 3, 12, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 13, 26, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 29, 28, 31, 15, 16, 27, 34, 33, 32, 11 |
Lectures | 26 | 1.04 | 3, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 10, 13, 17, 18, 30, 29, 28, 31 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Reading texts | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 12, 5, 9, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 30, 29, 28, 31, 32 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study (primary and secondary sources) | 47.5 | 1.9 | 3, 12, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 10, 26, 17, 19, 22, 30, 28, 15, 16 |
The continuous assessment includes 5 tests, 2 for the classical literature part (50% of the final grade) and 3 for the modern and contemporary literature part (50% of the final grade).
The part related to classical literature will be evaluated as follows:
• Test 1.1: Test on poetry books and anthological texts (20% of the final grade) This test will be based on the reading of the chosen poem book and the anthological texts contained in the COMPULSORY READING folder that you will find in moodle. In this test you will have to answer two questions related to the book of poems and two to some of the anthological readings. All are short answer questions.
• Test 1.2: Knowledge test (30% of the final grade of the subject). This test will be based on the knowledge of the evolution of classical Chinese literature from its birth to the Qing dynasty. It can include multiple choice questions, true/false questions, and questions that foresee VERY short answers.
The part related to modern and contemporary literature will be evaluated as follows:
• Test 2.1: Knowledge test (20% of the final grade). This test will be based on the knowledge of the evolution of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from early modernity to the present day. It can include multiple choice questions, true/false questions, and questions that foresee VERY short answers.
• Test 2.2: Test related to short readings (20% of the final grade). In moodle, you will find short readings by Chinese authors that you must read in order to answer the questions related to this test.
• Test 2.3: Reading essay (10% of the final grade): it will be about one of the compulsory novels to choose from. (Model reading essay will be provided in moodle). The file must include the complete bibliographic data and a synopsis of the chosen book. This essay can be written in Catalan, Spanish or other languages (English, French, Italian or Chinese), but correctness will be considered as part of the evaluation criteria.
Tests 1.1 and 1.2 will be carried out during class hours as soon as the part relating to classical literature is completed.
Tests 2.1 and 2.2 will take place during class hours on the last day of the subject.
The reading essay must be handed, approximately, in mid-May.
Attention: all tests are mandatory, except test 2.3. However, if the reading sheet is not delivered, the mark for this test will be 0.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of "0" for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a finalmark of "0" for the subject. Students may not retake assessment activities in which they are found to have engaged in misconduct. Plagiarism is considered to mean presenting all or part of an author's work, whether published in print or in digital format, as one's own, i.e. without citing it. Copying is considered to mean reproducing all or a substantial part of another student's work. In cases of copying in which it is impossible to determine which of two students has copied the work of the other, both will be penalised.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Reading essay | 10% | 9 | 0.36 | 1, 2, 3, 12, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 13, 26, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 29, 28, 31, 15, 16, 27, 34, 33, 32, 11 |
Test 1.1 (Classical Literature) | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 12, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 29, 28, 31, 15, 16, 32 |
Test 1.2 (Classical Literature) | 30% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 3, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 29, 28, 15, 16, 32 |
Test 2.2 (Modern and contemporary literature) | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 3, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19, 30, 29, 28, 15, 16, 32 |
Test 2.2. (Modern and contemporary literature) | 20% | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 2, 3, 23, 24, 25, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 29, 28, 31, 15, 16, 32, 11 |
Classical Chinese literature
Compulsory reading (Attention: the teacher use Moodle to announce which parts need to be studied)
Additionally, one of the following poetry anthologies must be read:
Modern and contemporary Chinese literature
Bibliografia obligatòria:
Recommended:
Denton, Kirk A. The Columbia Companion to Modern Chinese Literature. New York, Columbia University Press, 2016.
Mcdougall, Bonnie S. The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999
Compulsory reading:
One of the following literary works must be chosen for the reading essay. To know which novel to choose, you might consult: https://dtieao.uab.cat/txicc/lite/
Important: many of the books that have not been published in Spain are available in digital format or at the library.
Not foreseen.