Course syllabus
Welcome to "Chinese Modern Literature I" at Dalarna University
Registration
You need to register to the course via Studentwebb (ladok.se) before the class starts. If you are a new student at Högskolan Dalarna, your log-in information will be sent to you at the latest in the week before the course begins. You can also create a student ID account through a new website for creating university student account: id.du.se
Are you ready to start learning with us?
This is a comprehensive language course and you are going to learn Chinese Modern Literature through intensive training of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Since it is a web-based course, all the lectures and examinations are carried out in our virtual classroom, Zoom. Our daily communications are performed in a web-based platform, Canvas. In other words, you don't need to attend any campus classes or activities physically at Dalarna University.
If you are new to distance education, or you've never had experience with virtual (online) classrooms, please read the following information carefully before the course starts.
Zoom, our virtual classroom:
Learning mode and attendance
This course emphasizes on continuous assessments and students have to attend all the seminars in order to pass one stage of study to the next. Meanwhile, you will have to hand in assignments each week.
Contact information
Finally, please feel free to contact the instructor for any questions regarding this course!
Instructors: Lung Lung Hu llh@du.se
For questions regarding administration or registration, please contact support@du.se
Textbook
There is no textbook of this course. We have our own lecture notes and course materials of every week. The reference books in the literature list are not compulsory, you can choose to purchase them or not.
1. Hsia, C. T. 1999. A History of Modern Chinese Fiction. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN: 0253213118
2. 夏志清. 2005. 中国现代小说史. 复旦大学出版社. ISBN：ISBN7-309-04532-7/I.318
3. Eagleton, Terry. 1983. Literary Theory – An Introduction. Minnesota: The University of Minnesota Press. ISBN-10: 0816654476
4. 特里·伊格尔顿. 1987. 文学原理引论. 刘峰译. 文化艺术出版社. ISBN: 9787503900143
5. McDougall, B., & Louie, K. (1999). The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN: 0231110855
Course schedule
Changes to seminars may happen. Please make sure to regularly check CANVAS for updates on this course.
The first seminar of Chinese Modern Literature will be held on Sep 3, 10-12.
https://du-se.zoom.us/j/8583571293 .
Meeting ID: 858 357 1293
If you have any questions please contact llh@du.se
KI2001 has 7 seminars from week 36 to week 43:
w36 Sep 3 Thursday 10:00 - 12:00
w37 Sep 10 Thursday 10:00 - 12:30
w38 Sep 17 Thursday 10:00 - 12:30
w39 Sep 24 Thursday 10:00 - 12:30
w40 Oct 1 Thursday 10:00 - 12:30
w41 Oct 8 Thursday 10:00 - 12:00
w42 Oct 15 Thursday 10:00 - 12:00
Students are required to read the course materials before seminars. During the seminar, students need to express their opinions and discuss with the teacher and other classmates. Except for assignments, students will also be asked to do an individual or a group presentation.
Chinese Modern Literature Schedule and Reading List
For course syllabus, please see Syllabus - Dalarna University (du.se)
For other information, please visit the following websites and link:
Course summary:
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