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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | EALCB322001 |
| Course Title | The Dream of Red Chambers |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | East Asian Languages and Cultures |
| Instructor | Kwa,Shiamin |
| Times and Days | T 02:10pm-04:00pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1930 The Dream of Red Chambers (Hongloumeng) is arguably the most important novel in Chinese literary history. The novel tells the story of the waxing and waning of fortunes of the Jia family and their networks of family and social relations, and in its finely articulated details also serves as a chronicle of the Qing dynasty, an examination of visual culture, environment, kinship, sociology, economics, religious and cultural beliefs, and the structures of domestic life. In addition to addressing these aspects that we might categorize as external, the novel also turns inwards and examines the human heart and mind. How can we know another? How do we define ourselves? These questions, and many others, have occupied scholars for the last two centuries. We will spend the semester reading all five volumes of the David Hawkes translation, with secondary readings assigned to guide the discussion based on the semester's theme. Course topics varies. Enrollment Cap: 15. If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Major by class (Juniors, then Seniors, then Sophomore), then Minor by class (Senior, then Junior, then Sophomore), |
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