EALC 19020 - The Crowd in Modern Chinese Literature and Visual Culture

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University of Chicago

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Description:

The crowd in its multiple manifestations, ranging from the ignorant mob blamed for China's backwardness to the insurgent masses celebrated as the most progressive agent of historical change, proves to be a crucial yet elusive figure in modern Chinese culture. This course explores the construction, interpretation, and comprehension of the "crowd" in the variety of figurations across media that helped fashion the transformation of China from a failing empire to a nation portrayed as a cohesive body. We examine how Chinese intellectuals have giventhe crowd different names, essences, and shapes, as well as realities in twentieth-century China within a global context. Texts in English. T. Xiao. Spring.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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