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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module EAST3081: MING AND QING FICTION

Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES

EAST3081: MING AND QING FICTION

Type Open Level 3 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2006/07 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • Chinese Language III (EAST2092).

Corequisites

  • Chinese Language IV (EAST3052).

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To introduce the literary and linguistic features of representative Ming and Qing fiction.

Content

  • Students will be required: to read in Chinese chapters from three representative works of Ming and Qing fiction, to read in English the rest of the novels studied and other specified works, to familiarise themselves with the principal Western works of literary criticism on Ming and Qing fiction.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours Attendance Monitored
      Seminars 44 2 Per Week 1 Hour 44
      Preparation and Reading 156
      Total 200

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Examination Component Weighting: 100%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      three-hour written examination 100%

      Formative Assessment:

      Essays, weekly oral translations, seminars, background discussion.


      Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.