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EAST 125 - Desire and Ambition in the Classic Chinese Novel


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative Literature
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
This course examines two Ming-Qing masterworks, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Dream of the Red Chamber. While Three Kingdoms limns a male world of military conquest, Red Chamber depicts the struggles for love and power within the female ‘Inner Quarters’ of an aristocratic family. By exploring characters’ motivations, and success and failure in achieving their goals, this course considers the construction of gender and qualities deemed necessary for survival in a morally complex world.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: P. Chen


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