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31331 - Chinese Literature 3

Academic Year 2019/2020

                
                        Docente:
                        Carlotta Sparvoli
                    
                        Credits:
                        9
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-OR/21
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    First cycle degree programme (L) in
                                    
                                        Asian Languages, Markets and Cultures (cod. 0980)
                                    
                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

Read, understand and translate short Chinese literary texts;
Engage critically with some critical issues in Chinese literature
Identify the relevant historical background of the considered texts.

Course contents

The course aims to deepen the knowledge of modern Chinese literature and to consolidate the lexical and syntactic acquisition at the Intermediate and Upper intermediate levels.

The module will consist of reading and translating passages in Chinese from some of the most significant works of modern and contemporary Chinese literature, such as Kuangren riji (A Madman's diary, Lu Xun 1918), Luotou xiangzi (The rickshaw boy, Lao She 1936), Hong gaoliang jiazu, (Red Sorghum, Mo Yan 1986), Huozhe(To Live, Yu Hua 1992) and Shou huo (Lenin's kisses, Yan Liangke 2004).

The course focuses on the translation and textual analysis of the passages considered. During the lesson, the essential elements of the works under scrutiny will also be presented, taking as reference the critical notes available in the adopted textbook (Pesaro and Pirazzoli 2005).

Readings/Bibliography

Pesaro, N. e Pirazzoli, M. (2019). La narrativa cinese del Novecento. Roma: Carocci editore.

Suggested readings

Lao She (2010). Rickshaw Boy: A Novel. Trad. ing. H. Goldblatt. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics.

Lu Xun (1993). Diaro di un pazzo. Trad It. P. Gigliesi. Roma: Editori Riuniti

Mo Yan (2014). Sorgo Rosso. Trad. It. R. Lombardi. Torino: Einaudi.

Yan Lianke (2013). Lenin's Kiss. Trad. Ing. C. Rojas. New York: Grove Press.

Yu Hua (2009). Vivere! Trad. It. N. Pesaro, Milano: Feltrinelli.

Suggested films

Gu Changwei (2011), Love for life (Zui ai, adattamento di Ding zhuang meng, Yan Lianke 2006).

Ling Zifeng (1982). Il ragazzo del risciò (Loutou Xiangzi).

Zhang Yimou (1989). Sorgo Rosso (Hong gaoliang).

Zhang Yimou (1994). Vivere! (Huozhe).

Teaching methods

Directed study: Individual translation of specific portions of the suggested texts. Lecture: Introduction to the crucial aspects of the considered literary works. Correction, textual analysis and comment.

Assessment methods

Oral exam: Reading, translation, textual analysis and comment of one of the passages presented during the module.

Teaching tools

Videos, PowerPoint presentations and online glossaries.

Office hours

See the website of Carlotta Sparvoli