Harvard professor David Der-wei Wang talks about the status of literature in 21st century China. Visit us at www.AsiaPacificMemo.ca and learn how to subscribe to our free e-newsletter. Asia Pacific Memo is an online publication that features accessible scholarly knowledge about contemporary Asia.
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We would like to share our brief video presentation of Chinese Literature that earned us a very good grade..
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This video will present you a brief introduction to one of the greatest literature works in China as well as some interesting video clips which have something to do with ancient Chinese wisdom like Zhuge Liang and his famous trick—empty-city strategy.
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and sponsored by the Wat Endowment and hosted by the Department of Asian Studies. Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture. David Der-wei Wang is Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature and Director of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinological Studies at Harvard University. The world's leading scholar of modern Chinese fiction, his research specialties include modern and contemporary Chinese literature, late Qing fiction and drama, and comparative literary theory. Wang received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and has taught at National Taiwan University and Columbia University. His many honors include an honorary doctorate from Lingnan University (Hong Kong), and his appointments as an Academician of the Academia Sinica (Taiwan) and as a Yangtze River Scholar affiliated with Fudan University (Shanghai). Writing at a time when History has collapsed and Revolution has lost its mandate, writers cannot take up the two subjects without pondering their inherent intelligibility. Drawing upon theories on "post-history" as developed by scholars such as Jacques Derrida, Li Zehou and Liu Zaifu, and contemporary fictional works as created by writers such as Mo Yan, Yan Lianke and Wang Anyi, this lecture will address the following three issues: History after Post-History, Enlightenment versus Enchantment and Socialist Utopia and "the Best of all ...
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Part 1 - An Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature Julia Lovell discusses how Lu Xun came to be the most important modern Chinese writer, his voracious reading of Western literature, and how his fiction represents a break from traditional Chinese literature.
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Chinese author Mo Yan accepts Newman Prize for Chinese Literature at the University of Oklahoma, March 5, 2009
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The rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees blows up into an epic kungfu battle for a secret training book. Starring: Kyle LoConte, as Terry Francona Pedro Texeira, as A-Rod Jason Gao, as Chien-Ming Wang Richard Gong, as Daisuke Matsuzaka Noah Bloom, as Narrator A class project for Chinese Literature 130: Screening Modern China.
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Christopher Rea is an Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature at the University of British Columbia. In this interview, Rea discusses Qian Zhongshu and his various accomplishments as both a scholar and writer. Visit us at www.AsiaPacificMemo.ca and learn how to subscribe to our free e-newsletter. Asia Pacific Memo is an online publication that features accessible scholarly knowledge about contemporary Asia.
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View more details here: www.betterchinese.com This is the video preview for Better Chinese's special bilingual edition of "The Three Kingdoms". The Three Kingdoms has been a Chinese classic for centuries. It is both a historical and exciting retelling of a crucial time period in ancient China during the Han dynasty. At the time, the kingdoms Wei, Shu and Wu battled over territories and power, and many historical figures made their marks in Chinese history in these epic battles. Not only are these stories exciting, they influenced the Chinese language and way of life for generations. Since then, these significant events and battles have been romanticized into novels, operas, movies, songs and more. Better Chinese takes this importance piece of Chinese literature and transforms it into a 2-book bilingual set perfect for young adults learning Chinese. Each Chinese story includes an English translation, vocabulary list, discussion questions, historical timeline and cultural references for learning extensions. Dive back into this ancient era and enjoy these exciting stories!
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Steve Durrant, Professor of Chinese Literature at UO, presents: "Why Ancient China Just Never Goes Away."
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Economics Professor Loretta Napoleoni, is the author of "Maonomics: Why The Chinese Make Better Capitalists Than We Do". In it, she ascribes China's success to their flexibility. Having witnessed the demise of communism in Russia, China, in a bid to ward off a similar fate, decided to pump money into the infrastructure. This they did by tempting foreign investors with the promise of cheap labour, which in turn, gave many Chinese people an opportunity to earn money, and thus create a middle class. She thinks the West can learn a lot from China but that we are too ideological, too rigid. The West must produce more in order to slow the shifting balance of power from West to East.
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NEW YORK, November 5, 2011 — Murong Xuecun describes the burgeoning genre of Internet literature in China, and how it helps ordinary Chinese evade state censors. Source: asiasociety.org
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Early 20th century Chinese poets translating Western poems and challenges they faced. Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures, Wu discusses her research on poetic translation in early 20th century China. She focuses particularly on challenges faced by Chinese poets and the choices they made in their attempt to best translate Western poems.
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Note - plays much better in 480p rather than 360. Short trip to the Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in China in April 2010. The Huangshan is a mountain range in the Anhui province of eastern China. It has long been popular in Chinese literature and today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of China's major tourism destinations. Look for the stone monkey gazing over the sea of clouds. :-)
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www.calperformances.org Watch clips from the kun opera The Peony Pavilion while writer Kennth Pai (Pai Hsien-yung), Professor Emeritus of Chinese literature and cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, talks about his passion for The Peony Pavilion and explains why kun opera is called "the mother of all operas."
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In 1986, 西游记(Journey to the West) exploded onto television screens in China and South East Asia as an adaptation of one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. Praised as the most authentic interpretation of the novel, it also starred 六小龄童(Liu Xiao Ling Tong) as the title role of 孙悟空(Sun WuKong or 'Monkey') who gives a very compelling performance of the mythological "Monkey King". This song is called 大圣歌(Da Shen Ge) and is performed by 胡寅寅(Hu Yin Yin). When the series first aired, this was the opening theme music for the first few episodes. After which (and during subsequent VCD and DVD releases), it was replaced by an instrumental theme. I never understood why -- I'm rather fond of this song! Apologies in advance for the quality of the video -- please keep in mind it was 1986 (and while the computer graphics are poor compared to today's standards, in 1986 they were considered 'state of the art') and unfortunately, I only had this series in VCD format!
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Stephen Muecke, Professor of Writing at UNSW's School of English, Media and Performing Arts speaks with author Qiu Xiaolong about his popular Inspector Chen detective series of novels; the massive changes taking place in his homeland China; and how to smuggle poets into Chinese literature. Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai in 1953. He was selected for membership of the Chinese Writers' Association and published poetry, translation and criticism in China. He has lived in the United States since 1989, and has an MA and Ph.D in Comparative Literature awarded by Washington University. His 10 published works have been translated into several different languages including Chinese, French, German and Spanish. Excerpts have also been published in many literary magazines in America and several anthologies. He received the Missouri Biennial Award, Anthony Award for Best First Novel, the Prairie Schooner Readers' Choice Award, a Yaddo and a Ford Foundation Fellowship.
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Professor Lus research interests include Chinese fiction and drama during the period between 1550 and 1750. We talk with her about her book, Accidental Incest, Filial Cannibalism, and Other Peculiar Encounters in Late Imperial Chinese Literature.
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In this episode Sufei asks Beijingers what they think of Shanghai Girls when it comes to love and relationships. She interviews the author of a new book called Shanghai Girls, Uncensored & Unsentimental.
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www.dhapa.com Liu Yuening - For celebrating inaugration of bronze bust of Lu Xun, Father of Modern Chinese Literature Yangqin Solo Performance by Prof Liu Yuening Chinese Central Conservatory of Music Town Hall of Kolkata, August 1, 2009. Organized by the Chinese Consulate in Kolkata for the Kolkata Chinese Community, Chinatown. India
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