Courses of Study 2022-2023 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CHLIT 6612 - Readings in Chinese Literary Thought


     
Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: advanced reading knowledge of classical and modern Chinese, completion of at least one of the following graduate seminars: CHLIT 6608 , CHLIT 6616 CHLIT 6620  or instructor’s approval. Permission of instructor required.

D.X. Warner.

This is a graduate seminar is designed to introduce MA and PhD students pursuing advanced study in the field of China studies the history of literary thought in premodern China. Through guided close reading of major works—essays, treatises, manuals and other forms of writing—written by Chinese philosophers, intellectuals, and literati of the classical and medieval periods, students will gain understanding of the development in thought on the nature, role, and value of literature at successive stages of Chinese literary history, as well as of historical and cultural forces that propelled such changes. (LL)



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