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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Two potential directions of specializations are to be offered: modern Chinese Drama (huaju) and Chinese Opera (kunqu) in its traditional and modernized adaptations. Following the performances of most representative authors (Lai Shenchuan, Gao Xingjian and Wu Xingguo) we study the language, symbolism and artistic expression forms encoded in the drama and opera performances. The students are gradually lead to develop their own performances and find ways of basing most of their language teaching on this complex method. We use both the original Chinese language publications, as well as their English translations.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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Learning outcomes
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This course aims to introduce advanced students of Chinese to the linguistic and cultural complexities of Chinese language arts (stage plays) and wants to enable students to use it in their future language instruction. Two potential directions of specializations are to be offered: modern Chinese Drama (huaju) and Chinese Opera (kunqu) in its traditional and modernized adaptations. Following the performances of most representative authors (Lai Shenchuan, Gao Xingjian and Wu Xingguo) we study the language, symbolism and artistic expression forms encoded in the drama and opera performances. The students are gradually lead to develop their own performances and find ways of basing most of their language teaching on this complex method. We use both the original Chinese language publications, as well as their English translations.
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Prerequisites
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For doctoral students only.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
active attendance, written paper and its defense
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Recommended literature
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Barranger, Milly S. (ed.). (2004). Understanding Plays. Boston.
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DeCoursey, Christina (ed.). (2012). Language Arts in Asia: Literature and Drama in English, Putonghua and Cantonese. Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Gunn, Edward M. (ed.). (1983). Twentieth-Century Chinese Drama. An Anthology.. Bloomington.
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Chen Xiaomei. (2003). Reading the Right Text: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama. Honolulu.
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Cheung, Martha P. Y.; Lai, Jane C. C. (ed.). (1997). An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama. Oxford.
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Liu Siyuan; Wetmore, Kevin J. Jr. (2009). Modern Chinese Drama in English: A Selective Biography. Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 26, n. 2.
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Lopez, Manuel D. (1991). Chinese Drama: An Annotated Bibliography of Commentary, Criticism and Plays in English Translation. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
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