CHIN 305 - Premodern Chinese Literature: The Great Tradition

This course offers a survey of the greatest literary works from the earliest periods through the Ming Dynasty. Students will do readings in translation of a number of genres and styles, including, but not limited to, poetry, rhapsody, epistolary literature, history, biography, short story, and novel. Students will trace the unique development of a literary tradition millennia in the making. This course serves as a companion to CHIN 110 - Modern Chinese Literature/CHIN 310 - Modern Chinese Literature.

3 credits