CHINESE CULTURE AND LITERATURE 2

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

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 evolution of Chinese literature, from the Yuan dynasty at the threshold of contemporaneity, especially on crime fiction. 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. (volume II, parte V e VI)

2. Bertuccioli G., La Letteratura Cinese , L’asino d’oro, Roma, 2013 (dal VI capitolo in poi) oppure Idema W. - Haft L., Letteratura cinese, Cafoscarina, Venezia, 2000 (dal cap. XVIII in poi)

3. Sabattini M., Santangelo P., Il Pennello di Lacca. La narrativa cinese dalla dinastia Ming ai giorni nostri, Laterza, Bari, 2008 (prima parte);

4. Benedetti L., Storia del giallo in Cina. Dai casi giudiziari al romanzo di crimine, Aracne, Roma, 2017;

5. Pesaro N., “Letteratura cinese moderna e contemporanea” in G. Samarani e M. Scarpari (a cura di), La Cina. Verso la modernità, Tornino, Einaudi, vol. III, pp. 693-745​.

A reading chosen from the following classic novels, in any available translation (Italian, English, French, German, etc.):
- Sanguozhi yanyi (Il Romanzo dei Tre Regni)
- Shuihu zhuan (Sul bordo dell’acqua/I briganti)
- Xi you ji (Viaggio in Occidente/Lo scimmiotto)
- Jinpingmei (Chin P’ing Mei)
- Honglou meng (Il sogno della camera rossa/Storia della pietra)