AESTH INTP 39 - Old Tales for New Times: The Appropriation of Folklore in Modern and Contemporary China

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Harvard University

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Description:

This class will look at China's most famous traditional tales, such as Mulan, The White Snake, Meng Jiangnu and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai (the Butterfly Lovers?). We will study both the richness and variety of these tales in premodern times, and look into their modern and contemporary manifestations in fiction, stage, cinema and other popular media. Special emphasis is put on tradition and modernity, gender and moral dynamics, regionalism and nationalism.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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