Chinese 31 CompLit 31 Chinese Love Stories T R 12 30 1 45 pm BUCHN 1920 Instructor Xiaorong Li email lixiaor ucsb edu Office Hours Tuesday 2 00 pm to 3 00 pm Office HSSB 2227 Teaching Assistants Margarita Delcheva delcheva ucsb edu Dustin Lovett dustinlovett umail ucsb edu Wendy Xiaoxue Sun xiaoxue ucsb edu General Description What is love or romantic love What makes people fall in love How is love expressed What is the relationship between love and marriage What are the problems that affect a romantic relationship or marriage Does the notion of love change over time Are understandings and expressions of love culturally different As in other cultures love is a prevalent theme in Chinese literature This course takes a genealogical approach to the exploration of the tales of love in various genres and media produced in traditional and modern China While focused on Chinese materials in English translation the lectures discussion sessions and assignments are designed to help students of various cultural backgrounds conduct comparative literary analysis This course is designed to fulfill the General Education requirements for area G literature World Culture and the Writing Requirement Primary textbooks and Readings 1 The Butterfly Lovers The Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai Four Versions with Related Texts Trans by Wilt Idema Indianapolis Hackett Pub Co c2010 2 Falling in Love Stories from Ming China Trans by Patrick Hannan Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2006 3 Eileen Chang Zhang Ailing Lust Caution Trans by Julia Lovell New York Anchor Books 2007 4 Tang Xianzu Peony Pavilion Trans by Cyril Birch Bloomington and Indianapolis Indiana University Press 2002 5 Other texts will be available on GauchoSpace Methods of Evaluation 1 Attendance and Participation 20 main lectures 10 and discussion sections 10 2 Term Paper 25 proposal 5 and paper 20 Paper 1500 1800 words can be submitted any time after the Mid term but absolutely no later than June 8 on GauchoSpace by 11 45pm A proposal 400 500 words is required and should be submitted at least a week before the full paper Guidelines to be distributed by the Mid term 3 Mid term exam 25 on Thursday May 2 in class 4 Final exam 30 on Monday June 10 noon 3 00pm Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any form Plagiarism constitutes both the intentional and unintentional failure to cite and document someone else s wo rk For further clarification about plagiarism guidelines please consult the UCSB academic integrity website http judicialaffairs sa ucsb edu academicintegrity aspx Class Schedule and Readings Love in Classical Poetry April 2 Course Introduction April 4 Poems from the Book of Songs Shi jing No 18 20 22 28 and 87 Southeast the Peacock flies Goddess of the Xiang and Lady of the Xiang from the Songs of the South Chu ci Poems from New Songs from a Jade Terrace Yutai xinyong GauchoSpace April 9 Poems by Li Shangyin Without Title pp 920 921 Untitled Poems pp 924 927 and The Patterned Lute pp 928 929 Song lyrics from Among the Flowers Huajian ji Song of Everlasting Regret Changhen ge GauchoSpace Love in Classical Tales April 11 The Basic Annals of Xiang Yu Lady Yu The Biography of Sima Xiangru Zhuo Wenjun In Records of The Grand Historian Shi ji trans by Burton Watson vol 1 pp 17 48 vol 2 pp 259 306 GauchoSpace April 16 Yuan Zhen The Story of Yingying Wang Shifu Romance of Western Bower Act 1 Scene 1 Scene 3 Act II Scene 4 Act IV Scene 1 and Act V Scene 4 GauchoSpace April 18 Bai Xingjian The Tale of Li Wa Jiang Fang The Tale of Huo Xiaoyu GauchoSpace Love in Vernacular Stories and Folklores April 23 Du Shiniang Sinks her Jewel Box in Anger GauchoSpace The Oil Seller in the textbook Falling in Love April 25 The Butterfly Lovers Textbook April 30 Madam White Is Kept Forever under the Thunder Peak Tower Lady White Pu Songling Lotus Fragrance GauchoSpace May 2 Midterm May 7 Langxian The Lovers Tombs in Falling in Love textbook Li Yu Male Mencius s Mother GauchoSpace Love on Stage May 9 Tang Xianzu Peony Pavilion textbook Intro and Scenes 1 2 3 7 10 12 14 24 26 28 May 14 Li Yu The Fragrant Companion Lian xiang ban kun opera Li Bihua Green Snake a film by Tsui Hark 1993 screening ahead of the class Love in Classical Novel May 16 Cao Xueqin The Story of the Stone Dream of the Red Chamber Chapters 3 8 34 and 96 98 GauchoSpace Love in Memoir A True Love Story May 21 Shen Fu Six Chapters of a Floating Life Chapters 1 3 GauchoSpace Love in Modern Fiction May 23 Lu Xun Regret from the Past Zhang Ailing The Golden Cangue GauchoSpace May 28 Zhang Ailing Lust Caution textbook Love in Contemporary Films and Media May 30 from Boys over flowers to Meteor garden screening ahead of the class June 4 From Historical to Homoerotic Three Kingdoms and Fan Production in China s Cyberspace By guest speaker Professor Xiaofei Tian Harvard University June 6 Film Goodbye Mr Loser A Love Drama in Contemporary China Conclusion