Mezinárodní sinologické centrum Chiang Ching-Kuovy nadace při Karlově univerzitě

Writing in Turbulent Times: Lu Xun in the Republican Era

Eva S. Chou (City University of New York, Baruch College)

CCK-ISC, Celetná 20, místnost 118.

Pondělí 2. dubna - pátek 6. dubna 2012, 9:10-11:35.

Série pěti přednášek bude probíhat v angličtině.


Syllabus and readings:

1) From Dynasty to Republic: “The True Story of Ah Q”
“The True Story of Ah Q” (Ah Q zhengzhuan; fiction) 阿Q正傳 LXQJ 1:512-52.

2) At the Time of the Revolution – “Excursions” (1911) and “Huaijiu” (1912)
“Excursions” (1911) (Xinhai youji辛亥遊錄, no. 2; essay) LXQJ 8:45-46 and “Remembering the Past” (Huaijiu懷舊, 1912; fiction) LXQJ 7:225-232
Jaroslav Průšek’s “Lu Hsün´s ´Huai Chiu´: A Precursor of Modern Chinese Literature,” in Leo Ou-fan Lee, ed., The Lyrical and the Epic: Studies in Modern Chinese Literature. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1980, 102–109.

3) Stories Set in Shaoxing vs. Stories Set in Beijing
“Medicine” (Yao藥; fiction) LXQJ 1:463-72; “Soap” (Feizao肥皂; fiction) LXQJ 2:45-56.
Milena Doleželová-Velingerová’s “Lu Xun´s ´Medicine´,” in Merle Goldman, ed., Modern Chinese Literature in the May Fourth Era. Harvard UP, 1977.

4) The March 16th, 1926, Incident and its Recent Echoes
“In Memory of Liu Hezhen” (Jinian Liu Hezhen jun記念劉和珍君; essay) LXQJ 3:289-294.

5) Political Deaths in 1931 – Private and Public Literary Responses
“Remembrance in Order to Forget” (Weile wangque de jinian為了忘卻的記念; essay). LXQJ 4:493-502. An English translation is in David Pollard, The True Story of Lu Xun, pp. 225-37.