In the latter part of this course, we will turn to the modern period and explore how storytelling and fictional composition in China have changed and evolved in the rise and popularity of a completely new form of media, film. Using a specific example of the Ming historical novel Sanguo yanyi and its contemporary cinematic adaptations in the popular culture, we will discuss how the new media has transformed the Chinese practice of narrating self, life, and the world and ultimately how that discloses the socio-political conditions in (re)formulating how Chinese remember and narrate their experiences in the past.
Most reading materials will be provided in English. Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates by instructor's permission.
Course Attributes:
EN H; AS HUM; AS LCD; FA HUM; AR HUM