Briefer sections are devoted to the utilization of modern scholarship on China in books and periodicals and access to such scholarship through bibliographies, comprehensive studies, and library catalogs. Some attention is devoted to the acquisition of materials, the interpretation and presentation of publication data, and other style sheet issues. There are weekly projects to exercise developing skills, assigned with the goal of improving reading levels in tandem with other research skills. No Data Given. Proseminar in Chinese Poetry.
Poetry is one of the imperishable glories of traditional Chinese civilization.
This proseminar is designed as an introduction for students who have some background in the classical language and the literature of China to the poetry from the Shih ching or the Book of Songs through the poetry of the Sung Dynasty. The chief purpose of the course is to introduce students to the skills and methods of reading and enjoying classical Chinese poetry in the original, and to familiarize them with the range and depth of imagination and the lyrical beauty displayed in poems, the craft of poets, the evolving poetic language, and relevant trends in China's long cultural history. The course will also serve the purpose of strengthening students' competence in dealing with classical Chinese of which poetry constitutes a rich and essential component. Reading consists mainly of poetry in the original selected to illustrate the historical development of Chinese poetry. Some secondary sources in Chinese and English will also be assigned.