EAST-UA 213 - Readings in Chinese Poetry I

Institution:

New York University

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Description:

Designed to help students understand and appreciate the linguistic and aesthetic features of Chinese language rendered in poetic form and to improve their ability to read and interpret authentic texts in general. The course integrates language learning with poetry study, introduces the formal structure of Chinese classical poetry, and surveys its stylistic variations at different historical conjunctures. Conducted primarily in Chinese, with English translations of the poems provided as references from time to time. For the first part of this one-year course, poems are generally selected from the time of the Book of Poetry (approximately 3,000 years ago) to the Tang Dynasty.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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