Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CHINESE FILMS AND MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE

Department: Asian Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Exploration of modern Chinese literature through the visual imagery of Chinese films. Includes an analysis using literary history and narrative structure to link film adaptations to their original texts, with emphasis on narratology and movie theory. Films, subtitled in English, shown outside of class. All reading in English translation. Cross-list: CHIN 332, MDST 372.