AN 150 - Modern China through Fiction and Film

Institution:

Eastern Connecticut State University

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Description:

A study of various cultural aspects of modern China in the 20th century through reading translated fiction as well as films.Students explore topics such as modernity, nationalism, individualism, gender, and cultural identity in the modern cultural-historical context.Also will be discussed are issues particular to fiction and film as representational modes: How do fiction and film narrate history and the complex Chinese experience How have they both been shaped by and contributed to the socio-cultural transformations And how do they represent the increasingly diversified cultural and social landscape of contemporary China This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.easternct.edu/

Phone Number:

(860) 465-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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