Dr. Christopher Rea, Professor of Chinese at the University of British Columbia, just launched a free online course on modern Chinese-language novels on the Modern Chinese Cultural Studies YouTube channel - the first course of its kind!
The series will feature the Taiwan writers Wu Ming-yi 吳明益, Chu T'ien-wen 朱天文, and Chang Kuei-hsing 張貴興. The four lectures on Wu Ming-Yi & Wu's novel The Man with the Compound Eyes have recently been published. Stay tuned for more videos on Chu and Chang in the next few weeks.
Intro to Wu Ming-yi: https://youtu.be/9YXGdhMGvwM
Compound Eyes 1 - All at Sea: https://youtu.be/1lOssXLPSoI
Compound Eyes 2 - Taiwan in the Vortex: https://youtu.be/n8K35oYh2i8
Compound Eyes 3 - Compound Visions: https://youtu.be/zQ6-0VyxSHM
The Modern Chinese Novel - free online course on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhA05Qf-09xAd_a73F-BZJWNsS6C8jK5n This course, taught by UBC professor Christopher Rea, covers twelve Chinese novels written between the 1930s and 2010s. Each module features three lectures about each novel, as well as one about the author. All novels are widely available in English. The course will be steadily released in early 2022, so be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications for updates. Readings for this course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brx1x58m0xc
Border Town 邊城, by Shen Congwen 沈從文
Rickshaw 駱駝祥子, by Lao She 老舍
Fortress Besieged 圍城, by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書
The Rice-Sprout Song 秧歌, by Eileen Chang 張愛玲
Notes of a Desolate Man 荒人手記, by Chu T’ien-wen 朱天文
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow 長恨歌, by Wang Anyi 王安憶
Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City 地圖集: 一個想像的城市的考古學, by Dung Kai-cheung 董啟章
My South Seas Sleeping Beauty 我思念的長眠中的南國公主, by Chang Kuei-hsing 張貴興
Brothers 兄弟, by Yu Hua 余華
The Three-Body Problem 三體 (volume 1), by Liu Cixin 劉慈欣
Frog 蛙, by Mo Yan 莫言
The Man with the Compound Eyes 複眼人, by Wu Ming-yi 吳明益
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