CHINESE CULTURE AND LITERATURE 1

knowledge and understandig: general overview of the historical, philosophical and artistic basic themes and issues of Chinese civilization for understanding the events and critical debate on the classical Chinese literature, from its origins to the thirteenth century.

applying knowledge and understanding: Students will be able to understand and relate main historical events in the cultural and literary fields.

making judgement: students will be able to obtain critical skills with the chinese reality, in different context of everyday life and professional life.

communication skills: students will be able to express their ideas, projects and results obtained in a complex and articulated way.

learning skills: students will be able to interact with different professional and cultural contexts. They know how to interpret, understand and use independently their expressive capabilities.

The course will focus on the learning of the necessary theoretical and practical means to understand the evolution of Chinese literature, from the beginnings to Song dynasty. The students are required to study the historical, philosophical and artistic contexts and the critical analysis of most representative literary works. The active participation in class will be strongly encouraged. In addition to the reference manuals, the teacher will submit additional materials during the semester

1. Cheng A., Storia del pensiero cinese, Einaudi, Torino, 2000. (fino al cap. XIX incluso)
2. Idema W. e Haft L., Letteratura cinese, Cafoscarina, Venezia, 2000 (fino al cap. XVII incluso); oppure Bertuccioli G. La Letteratura Cinese L'asino d'oro, Roma, 2013 (fino al cap. V incluso)
3. Meccarelli M., Antica Cina. Archeologia sulla via del tao, Archeo Monografie, Settembre 2014.
4. Due letture a scelta tra:

Andreini, A., Laozi. Genesi del "Daodejing", Einaudi, Torino, 2004

Andreini, A. e Biondi M., Sun Tzu. L’arte della Guerra, Einaudi, Torino, 2011

Duyvendak J.J.L., Tao Te Ching, il libro della via e della virtù, Adelphi Edizioni, Milano, 1994;

Lippiello, T., Confucio. Dialoghi, Einaudi, Torino, 2003

Sabbadini S.A., Chuang-tzu : (Zhuang-zi), Urra, Milano, 2012;

Scarpari M. Il confucianesimo. I fondamenti e i testi. Einaudi, Torino, 2010;

Scarpari, M., Mencio e l'arte di governo, Marsilio, Venezia, 2013

Stirpe, L., Come una piena a primavera che scorre verso oriente, il canzoniere di Li Yu (937-978), Libreria Editrice Orientalia, Roma, 2015

Zacchetti S., Fazang, Trattato sul leone d'oro, Esedra, Padova, 2000

1. Coloro che non hanno sostenuto l’esame di Storia dell’Asia orientale devono portare anche il Sabbatini M., Santangelo P., Storia della Cina, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2004, (fino al cap. V incluso)