China is the only country in the world with a literature written in one language for more than 3,000 consecutive years.This continuity results largely from the nature of the written language itself.
Folk, or vernacular, literature was long considered beneath the notice of members of the scholar-official class, who were the arbiters of literary taste.
Chinese literature may be divided into three major historical periods that roughly correspond to those of Western literary history: the classical period, from the 6th century BC through the 2nd century AD; the medieval period, from the 3rd century to the late 12th century; and the modern period, from the 13th century to the present.
The degree is appropriate for students who wish to obtain a broad liberal education as a foundation for careers or further study, and is especially recommended as pre-professional training for fields such as law, administration, and business that require high proficiency in written and oral communication and in analytical thinking.
Insights from literature, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and science that explore major modes of interpreting the world in the 20th century and that define what constitutes knowledge in the 21st century.
The literature and social history of the period, exploring the perceived "truths" about gender that prevailed in 19th-century Britain and contrasting those "truths" with the responses of contemporaries as well as with the realities that contradict them.
Feeds |
Contact