Learning objectives
Language section: making suggestions, talking about daily activities, expressing distances, changes, asking/giving directions, expressing one's intentions.
Literary section: familiarising oneself with the main genres, works and authors in the history of Chinese literature
Prerequisites
This course cannot be taken without having attended modulo A, or without being familiar with its topics.
Course unit content
Language section:
Language section: making suggestions, talking about daily activities, expressing distances, changes, asking/giving directions, expressing one's intentions.
Literary section:
Daoism, Buddhism, introduction theatre, main novels, introduction of the Western learning
Full programme
For those who attended the course:
Language section: Comunicare in Cinese, vol 1 (units 6-9)
Literary section: Lavagnino & Pozzi's Cultura Cinese (chapters 5,9 e 10), plus additional materials uploaded on Elly.
Mandatory reading of one of the following novels (in English or Italian)
• Jin ping’mei
• Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber
• Shi Nai’an Water Margin
• Wu Ch’eng-en Journey to the West
For those who did not attend
Language section:
Please refer to the programme for those who attended the course
Literary section:
Please refer to the programme for those who attended the course (including the mandatory reading of one of the suggested novels)
plus
G.Bertuccioli, La Letteratura Cinese, L'Asino d'Oro 2013 (chapters 4, 5 e 7)
Bibliography
Masini, Romagnoli, Zhang, Chang, Comunicare in cinese, vol.1. Hoepli, 2021 (units 6-9)
Alessandra Lavagnino e Silvia Pozzi, Cultura cinese, segno, scrittura e civiltà, Roma:
Carocci editore, 2013 (chap. 6, 9, 10)
Bertuccioli, Masini, Italia e Cina, L'Asino d'oro edizioni, 2014 (chap. 3)
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam
Other information
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