Introduction to Foreign Literature 2018

Session overview

• Week 1 Introduction and Course Organization 基本介绍与课程构成
• Week 2 Emergence of Literature 文学的起源
• Week 3 Literature: The role and function of Literature, especially foreign literature 文学：文学的角色和功能，尤其是在外国文学之中

Literature: The role and function of Literature by Zhang Ming

• Week 4 Literature: History, concept of world literature 文学：历史，世界文学概念

Concept of world literature_handout by Liu Yuehao

• Week 5 Earliest translations from the West to Chinese 从西方到中国的早期翻译
• Week 6 Examples of world literature: Tales from Mesopotamia and India 早期翻译：从美索不达米亚的传说到印度的传说

Tales of Mesopotamia and India_handout by Ban Haoyang

• Week 7 1001 Nights and Western Fables 《一千零一夜》与西方寓言
• Week 8 Common motifs in literature: The dragon 文学中的普遍意象：龙
• Week 9 Common motifs in literature: The harlekin 文学中的普遍意象：丑角（打诨者,逗笑者）
• Week 10 Religious texts: Buddhist hagiography and stories of the bible 宗教文本：佛教圣徒传与圣经故事
• Week 11 Top literary works, Love stories / romances and coming of age 顶级文学作品，爱情故事／浪漫主义时代的到来
• Week 12 Top literary works, Criminal stories and ghost stories 顶级文学作品，犯罪故事与鬼怪故事
• Week 13 Foreign Poetry and its Chinese translations 外国诗歌和它的中文翻译

Foreign Poetry and its Chinese translations _handout by Ban Haoyang

• Week 14 Top literary works, Fantasy, Science Fiction and Utopia 顶级文学作品，幻想故事、科学小说与乌托邦故事
• Week 15 Histories of literature 文学史

Texts for download (pdf)

Media:Concept of world literature_handout by Liu Yuehao.pdf

Texts for download (pdf)

Media:Tales of Mesopotamia and India_handout by Ban Haoyang.pdf

Powerpoints for download (ppt)

Media:Tales of Mesopotamia and India_presentation by Ban Haoyang.pptx