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.
frontal lessons
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
Bisetto B. (a cura di), Il laccio scarlatto, Marsilio, Venezia, 2010;
Lu Ji, L'arte della scrittura, Guanda, Parma, 2002
Pirazzoli M., Intenti poetici. Poesia, poeti e generi poetici della Cina classica dalle origini alla dinastia Tang, Ananke, Torino, 2016;
Stirpe L., Come una piena a primavera che scorre verso oriente, il canzoniere di Li Yu (937-978), Libreria Editrice Orientalia, Roma, 2015;
Coloro che non sostengono l’esame di Storia dell’Asia orientale devono portare anche un testo a scelta di storia della Cina (fino al XIII secolo)