Faculty: Prof. Wiebke Denecke
Schedule: MW 9:30-11
Info: CI-H, HASS-H
Today we have the luxury of reading more literatures in more languages than ever before, giving us the opportunity to explore the great diversity of what is called “literature” across the time and space of world history. This course introduces you to some of the most seminal and thought-provoking texts from East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam), and is conceived as complementary to the Foundations of Western Literature course in the Literature curriculum. We persistently ask how “literature” looks different when viewed through the literary heritage of East Asia: what does poetry written in Chinese characters accomplish that alphabetical poetry cannot? How does Buddhist reincarnation change the way you tell stories and devise novels?
