L01001 - CHINESE LITERATURE II

courses
ID:
L01001
Duration (hours):
54
CFU:
9
SSD:
LINGUE E LETTERATURE DELLA CINA E DELL'ASIA SUD-ORIENTALE
Located in:
PESCARA
Url:
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (15/02/2026 - 25/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


By the end of the course, students will be able to:
-identify and describe the main phases and phenomena of Chinese literature from the period of the Five Dynasties to the Qing dynasty;
-place authors and works within their historical, cultural, and social contexts;
-critically analyze texts of different genres using appropriate terminology.

Course Prerequisites


To have basic knowledge of modern Chinese and of the historical and literary context of contemporary China.

Teaching Methods


Lectures and interactive classes with student participation, possible use of multimedia materials.
Reading, translation and discussion of literary texts in class.

Assessment Methods


Oral exam.

Texts


TEXTBOOKS
Required texts:
-Giuliano Bertuccioli, La letteratura cinese, L’Asino d’oro edizioni, Roma: 2013 (chapters 5, 6, 7).
-W. Idema; L. Half, a cura di M. Ceresa, Letteratura cinese, Cafoscarina, 2000 (chapters 15–23).
Recommended texts:
J.A.G Roberts, Storia della Cina, Newton Compton, 2009, pp. 135–278.
READINGS
Two texts to be chosen from:
-Anonimo, Chin p’ing mei. Romanzo erotico cinese del secolo XVI, 2 voll., Feltrinelli, Milano, 2008.
-La volpe amorosa, a cura di A. Bujatti, Sellerio Editore, Palermo, 1989.
-Il laccio scarlatto, a cura di B. Bisetto, Marsilio, Venezia, 2010.
-Feng Menglong, Il corpetto di perle, Mondadori, Milano, 1990.
-Li Yu, Come una piena a primavera che scorre verso oriente. Il canzoniere di Li Yu (937–978), a cura di L. Stirpe, Orientalia Editrice, Roma, 2015.
-Li Yü, Il tappeto da preghiera di carne, Bompiani, Milano, 1990.
-Luo Guanzhong, Il romanzo dei Tre Regni (any edition).
-Pu Songling, I racconti fantastici di Liao, La Vita Felice, Milano, 2008.
-Shen Fu, Racconti di vita irreale, Marsilio, Venezia, 1993.
-Shi Nai’an; Luo Guanzhong, In riva all’acqua, Luni Editrice, Milano, 2015.
-Ts’ao Hsüeh-ch’in, Il sogno della camera rossa, a cura di E. Masi, Biblioteca -Universale Rizzoli, Milano, 2008.
-Wu Ch’êng-ên, Lo Scimmiotto, trad. di A. Motti, Biblioteca Adelphi, Milano, 1971.
OTHER MATERIALS:
Additional mandatory and/or optional materials (essays, articles, texts etc.) will be indicated by the instructor during the course.

Contents


The course aims at exploring the main phenomena and literary genres of China from Five Dynasty period to the Qing dynasty, relating literary production to the historical, political, cultural, and social contexts in which it developed.

Course Language


Italian.

More information


The syllabus for non-attending students is the same as for attending students.
However, non-attending students are required to contact the instructor in order to obtain the materials distributed during classes (critical essays, readings, etc.).

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