B2620 - LETTERATURA DEI PAESI DI LINGUA CINESE (SECONDA LINGUA) II

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student knows the basic elements (content, methods and tools) for the analysis of Chinese literary civilization; is able to use them on specific literary texts; is able to independently develop further knowledge and higher-level cultural-literary skills and also apply them to a wide range of other specific literary texts.

Course contents

The course is intended as a continuation of the path on Chinese literature begun with the course “Chinese Literature I,” focusing on modern and contemporary literature. Students will study the development of Chinese literature from the fall of the empire to the present day, ranging across various types of texts and literary forms, but with a focus on fiction.
Course content will include the following topics: Lu Xun and romanticism, Beijing and Shanghai currents, realism, literature and revolution, obscure poetry, the “search for roots” and the literary avant-garde, memory and neorealism, Sinophone literature, and contemporary science fiction.

Readings/Bibliography

Required textbook:

N. Pesaro and M. Pirazzoli, Chinese fiction in the twentieth century, Rome: Carocci, 2019. (Chapters 1, 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6. 3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 7.6, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.4)

Further material will be provided on the "Virtuale" platform.

Teaching methods

During the course, lectures will be combined with in-class activities that will involve students in the analysis and discussion of selected texts.

Assessment methods

The examination for the module LETTERATURA DEI PAESI DI LINGUA CINESE (SECONDA LINGUA) II will consist of a written test with open questions.

The grade for the module LETTERATURA DEI PAESI DI LINGUA CINESE (SECONDA LINGUA) II will be the sum of the grade obtained in class participation, which will be assigned a score from 0 to 9, and the grade obtained in the written examination, which will be assigned a score from 0 to 21.

The final grade for the integrated course in LETTERATURA E TRADUZIONE DELLA LINGUA CINESE (SECONDA LINGUA) will be determined on the average of the marks obtained in the two modules METODI E PRATICHE AVANZATE DELLA TRADUZIONE DAL CINESE (SECONDA LINGUA) ALL'ITALIANO and LETTERATURA DEI PAESI DI LINGUA CINESE (SECONDA LINGUA) II.

Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) or with disabilities that can affect their ability to attend courses are invited to contact the University service for students with disabilities and SLD at the earliest opportunity -- ideally before the start of the course: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students. The University service will suggest possible adjustments to the course work and/or exam, which must then be submitted to the course leader so they can assess their feasibility, in line with the learning objectives of the course. Please note that adjustments to the exam must be requested at least two weeks in advance.

 

Mode of evaluation:

30-30 L: excellent evidence demonstrating excellent acquisition of acquired knowledge and excellent level of class participation.
27-29: above-average evidence, with minor errors or otherwise offset by more than sufficient demonstration of the required knowledge and participation skills.
24- 26:good evidence, but with some obvious errors denoting partial acquisition of the required knowledge and skills.
21- 23:sufficient evidence but with conspicuous limitations in the knowledge and skills to be acquired.
18- 20: evidence that meets only the minimum criteria of knowledge and skills to be acquired.
insuff.: basic knowledge was not achieved, the exam should be retaken.

Teaching tools

Computer, Power Point presentations, "Virtuale" platform.

Office hours

See the website of Martina Codeluppi