B026279 - CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (12 CFU)

Italian and Chinese

From Yan'an talks to web-literature. A cultural profile of contemporary China.

Six volumes from the reading list in "programma esteso". Other materials will be
distributed during the first day of class.

1. Knowledge and understanding: the course aims to provide a
comprehensive knowledge of the most relevant literary genres, authors,
works and literary events between the mid XX century and today
2. Applying knowledge and understanding: by the end of the course
students are able to apply the acquired knowledge, using it in the more
complex field of Chinese civilization studies and they are able to compare
it to cultural elements belonging to the European tradition.
3. Making judgements: by the end of the course students are able to
independently pursue the study of Chinese modern literature, deriving
information from specialized bibliographies and choosing by themselves
readings pertaining to the historical period they have studied in class.
Moreover, students are able to critically frame the contents of these
readings and works.
4. Communication skills: by the end of the course, students are able to
clearly illustrate the knowledge acquired, proving their competence in
using technical terminology and their ability to analyze different literary
events.
5. Learning skills: by by the end of the course students are able to improve
their knowledge on Chinese Modern literature exchanging views with
teachers and other students. In addition, they are able to independently
find both bibliographic and audio-visual tools, useful to research the field
of Chinese literature, which can be used as an instrument to an additional
and independent in-depth study of the discipline.

It is required an intermediate competence in Italian and a level of
Chinese similar to that of HSK 3/4

Lectures, readings, discussion, translation

Besides the hours with the appointed professor, students must attend the Language course with the native speaking lecturer SINCE THE FIRST SEMESTER. The entrance level of this course is HSK 3/4, the exit level of the course is HSK 4/5. At the beginning of the course (in september), students will be asked to attend a placement test, if they do not pass it they must attend a supplementary Language course.

Students will have to pass a written test, aimed at assessing the level of HSK 4 of Chinese standard Language. The oral test consists in the reading and translation of one of the
Chinese language literary texts studied in class and in two open
questions, one on the reading list and one on a literary phenomenon
covered in class.
The final grades are constituted by the valuation of the written test, the oral Chinese language
performance, and the answers to the questions provided during the
exam.
The exam aims to ascertaining:
- A basic knowledge on the history of the Chinese literature from the
establishment of the People’s Republic of China to today;
- The competence to recognize and describe literary phenomena in
Chinese history.
- The skill to read, comprehend and translate texts in Chinese language
previously studied in class.
- The skill to properly use the terminology in use in this discipline.

Students must read six volumes of their choice among the following (one for each
group):
-Modernism and similar:
AAVV, Nuovi poeti cinesi, Einaudi
Gao Xingjian, Una canna da pesca per mio nonno, Bur
Wang Meng, Volete mettere la zuppa agropiccante?, Marsilio
-Avant-garde:
Can Xue, Dialoghi in cielo, Theoria
Ge Fei, La cetra intarsiata, Fahranheit 451
-Roots seeking:
Acheng, La trilogia dei re, Theoria
Han Shaogong, Pa pa pa, Theoria
Mo Yan, Sorgo rosso, Einaudi
-New historical novel:
Yu Hua, Vivere, Feltrinelli
Su Tong, Mogli e concubine, Feltrinelli
-The “beauties”:
Chun Shu, La ragazza di Pechino, Tea
Mian Mian, Nove oggetti del desiderio, Einaudi
Zhou Weihui, Shanghai baby,Rizzoli
- The “rapture”:
Zhu Wen, Dollari, la mia passione, Metropoli d’Asia
Zhu Wen, Se non è amore vero allora è spazzatura, Metropoli d’Asia