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ContemporaryChineseLiteratureandCulture:NegotiationsofthePastIntensivecourse,ZhejiangUniversity
Generaloutline
Incontrasttohistory,whichstrivesforaneutralandobjectivestancefromwhichtonarrate
thepast,literaturecanbethoughtofasmultifunctionalwhenitcomestotraumatichistory:as
healingbyrestoringmeaningwhereithasbeendestroyed,assubversivebytellingcounter-
histories of the master-narrative, as complementary by integrating suppressed voices and
painful experiences into the collective memory or as disturbing by narrating trauma as a
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persisting condition that continues into the present. This course will look into contesting
narrativesinthebroadestsense,whichinonewayoranotherarenegotiatingChina’straumatic
past.Inordertounderstandtherelationshipofhistoricaltraumaandcollectivememoryandto
show theway inwhichmemory relates to thepast andhow farmemory shapes collective
identityofthepresent,theconceptsofcommunicativeandculturalmemorybyJanandAleida
Assmann,amongothers,willbeintroduced.
Leadingquestionsduringthecourseare:
- Howisindividual/collectivehistoricalexperiencedealtwithinnational/official
history?Howisitdealtwithinlocal/individual/unofficialnarrativetexts?
- Whatnarrativemodesareemployedinvisualandliterarytextsthatdealwitha
disturbingpast?
- Whatismeantbytransculturalmemory?CanwespeakofanAsianmemoryscape?
Howdoesmemory“travel”?
- Howismemoryinstitutionalised?
Thecourseisplannedasaone-weekintensivecourseforScandinavianMAstudentsinChina
Studies,andcountsasatotalof5ECTS(135hours).ItwilltakeplaceataChineseuniversity
campusandwillbeco-taughtbyoneteacherfromtheChineseuniversityandoneteacher
fromaScandinavianuniversity.ThelanguagesofinstructionwillbeChineseandEnglish.
PrerequisitesItisassumedthatstudents:
• ReadandspeakModernStandardChinese(Putonghua)atalevelcorrespondingtothe
requirementsforaBAdegreeinChinaStudiesataScandinavianuniversity
• HavecomprehensiveknowledgeofChinesecultureandsociety
• Haveabasicinterestandknowledgeofculturalstudyresearchmethods
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AimsofthecourseThemainaimsofthecourseare:
• Thatstudentsbecomeacquaintedwiththeoreticalframeworksandmethodological
approachesofculturalmemorystudies
• Thatstudentsgainpracticalexperienceinthesemethodsbyanalysinginstitutionalised
memorysitesandliterarynarratives
• Thatstudentsbroadentheirperspectivebylookingatculturalmemoryasasite
where,amongotherthings,historyandnationalidentityarenegotiated
Courseoutline
Time Theme/Title Material
DayOneMorningsession
WelcomeandPresentationIntroduction:AimsandstructureofthecourseDiscussion:Students’earlierexperienceswithCulturalStudies,MemoryPoliticsLecture:State-SponsoredAmnesiavs.MemoryBoom:HowtoMakeSenseofaParadox?
Seminar:InstitutionalisingMemoryAssignment1
KirkA.Denton,2014.JayWinter,2008.
Lunchbreak
Afternoonsession
Lecture:ConceptsofMemory:CommunicativeandCulturalMemory
Assmann,2008.Erll,2011.Matten,2012.
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DayTwoMorningsession
Excursion:VisittoNanjingMassacreMemorialMuseumCheckwebsitebeforetravelling:http://www.nj1937.org/cn/index.htm
ReadYeZhaoyan’sbookandesp.thepreface:叶兆言:“一九三七年的爱情正文写在前面”
DayThreeMorningsession
Lecture:LiteraryafterlivesoftheCulturalRevolutionWorkshop:TheBurdenofMemory:AComparativeApproach
Assignment2
LuXinhua,1978.LiuBinyan,1977.Schwarcz,1996.Liu Binyan & PerryLink,2006.
Lunchbreak
Afternoonsession
Workshop:TragedyofGoodIntentions
Assignment3
Weigelin-Schwiedrzik.ZhangYigong,1986.
DayFourMorningsession
Lecture:LiteratureasTestimonyWorkshop:AutobiographyandtheCulturalRevolution
ZhengNian,1987.ZhangXianliang,MyBodhiTree.Mühlhahn,2004.Kopf,2009.
Lunchbreak
Afternoonsession
Workshop:WitnessingtheCulturalRevolutionFilmScreening:RefusingtoForget–UnofficialMemoiresWuWenguang/HuJie/XuXing
冯骥才:“一百个人的十年”(节选)
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Learningactivities
Thecoursecombineslectures,seminarsandgroupdiscussionsheldinEnglishandChinesewith
aone-dayfieldworktriptoNanjingtovisittheNanjingMassacreMemorialMuseum.Students
willwatchshortfilmclipsanddocumentaries,read,analyseanddiscusstheoreticalandliterary
textsandareverywelcometosuggestliterarytextsorothermaterialfordiscussion.Seminar
activitiesincludestudents’presentationswherestudentsarewelcometoworkinsmallgroups
oftwoorthree.Studentswillbegivenassignmentstopreparebeforeeachrespectiveclass
session. Based on the course and the field trip, the students are required to present their
individual projects in a poster session in order to complete the course. Attendance is
compulsoryaccordingtotheregulationsoftheChineseuniversityandstudentsareexpected
tocometoclasseswellprepared.Studentswillreceivethelistofreadingsaboutonemonth
DayFiveMorningsession
Students’posterpresentations:NegotiationsofthePast09.00–09.30Nostalgiatrips?Chinesetourists’motivationtovisitNorthKorea09.30–10.00MaoZedong’sMemorialHallasMemorySite10.00–10.30Chiang-kaiShekMemorialHallandMemoryPolitics10.30–10.45(break)10.45–11.15YuanmingyuanasContestedSitetoRememberaHumiliatingPast11.15–11.45RoleandFunctionofCulturalRevolution-ThemedRestaurants
Lunchbreak
Afternoonsession
Students’posterpresentations:NegotiationsofthePast14.00–14.30FamilyMemoryofSino-VietanmeseBoatRefugees14.30–15.00TheTraumaProcessofaPerpetrator:TheCaseofSongBinbin15.00–15.30VirtualMemorySpacesoftheCR15.30–15.45(break)15.45–16.15RememberingtheCR–WhyhastherebeenaMemoryBoom?Wrapupandevaluationofthecourse.
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beforethecoursestartsandareexpectedtohavereadatleastthemandatorytextsbeforethe
beginningofthecourse.
Courserequirements/examination
Thestudents’performanceduringthecourse,includingactiveclassattendance,written
assignments,andafinalposterpresentationwillcounttowardscompletionofthecourse.
Seminaractivitiesincludestudents’presentationswherestudentswillworkinsmallgroupsof
twoorthree,andwillbeaskedtohandinassignmentsbeforeclass.Eachstudentwillgivea
posterpresentationbasedonthetopicstudentshavesignedupforinthelasttwosessions.
Thepresentationisexpectedtoprovidecontextualinformation,provokecriticalthoughts,
raisequestionsandtriggerclassdiscussion.Thepresentationshouldlastfor10-15minutes
followedbycommentsandquestions,altogetherupto20minutesperstudent.Thecourse
willbegradedaccordingtotheChineseuniversity’spointscale.
CourseMaterial
Assmann,Jan.“CommunicativeandCulturalMemory.”AstridErll,AnsgarNünning(Eds.),CulturalMemoryStudies.AnInternationalandInterdisciplinaryHandbook.Berlin,NewYork2008,p.109-118.Denton,KirkA.“ExhibitingthePast:China’sNanjingMassacreMemorialMuseum”TheAsia-PacificJournal,Vol.12,Issue20,No.2,May19,2014.Denton,KirkA.“Introduction”inExhibitingthePast:CulturalMemoryandthePoliticsofMuseumsinPostsocialistChina.Hawai’iPress,2014,p.1-26.Erll,Astrid.“Traumaticpasts,literaryafterlives,andtransculturalmemory:newdirectionsofliteraryandmediastudies.”JournalofAesthetics&Culture,vol.3,2011,pp.1-5.Erll,Astrid.“TravellingMemory.”Paralax,17:4,4-18,DOI:10.1080/13534645.2011.605570FengJicai冯骥才:“一百个人的十年”(节选)Kopf,Martina.”Trauma,NarrativeandtheArtofWitnessing.”BirgitHähnel,MelanieUlz.SlaveryinArtandLiterature:ApproachestoTrauma,MemoryandVisuality.Berlin:FrankundTimme,2009,pp.41-58.
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LiuBinyan/PerryLink.“AnInterviewwithLiuBinyan.”LiuBinyanTwoKindsofTruth.StoriesandReportagefromChina.EditedbyPerryLink,Bloomington:IndianaUniversityPress,2006,pp.1-26.LiuBinyan刘宾雁”TheClassCounselor”班主任(1977)LuXinhua路新华“TheWounded”伤痕(1978)Matten,MarcAndre.“History,Memory,andIdentityinModernChina”inMarcAndreMatten(Ed.)PlacesofMemoryinModernChina.History,PoliticsandIdentity.Leiden,Boston2012,p.1-16.MoYan莫言“TheIronChild”铁孩Mühlhahn,Klaus.”‘RememberingaBitterPast’:TheTraumaofChina‘sLaborCamps1949-1978.”History&Memory,vol16,no.2,Fall/Winter2004,pp.108-139.Schwarcz,Vera.“TheBurdenofMemory:TheCulturalRevolutionandtheHolocaust.”ChinaInformation,vol.XI,no.1(summer1996)pp.1-13.Schweiger,Irmy.”FromRepresentingTraumatoTraumatizedRepresentation:ExperientialandReflectiveModesofNarratingthePast.”FrontiersofLiteraryStudiesinChina2015,9(3):345-368,DOI:10.3868/s010-004-015-0017-5Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne. “Producing Cultural Memory in the PRC. On the Role ofHistoriography,LiteratureandFilmintheContextofWritingChina’s20thCenturyHistory”Winter,Jay.“SitesofMemoryandtheShadowofWar”inMediaandCulturalMemory,editedbyAstridErll&AnsgarNünning.Berlin,NY:WalterdeGruyter,2008,p.61-74.YangJiang楊絳”SixChaptersfromMyLife‘Downunder’”幹校六記YangXiaobin.“MaoistDiscourse,TraumaandChineseAvant-gardeLiteratur.”AmericanImago,51:2(1994:Summer),pp.229-25.YeZhaoyan叶兆言Nanjing1937(1937年的爱情)YeZhaoyan叶兆言:“一九三七年的爱情正文写在前面”YuHua余华“1986”一九八六ZhangYigong张一弓”TheStoryofCriminalLiTongzhong”犯人李铜钟的故事CollectedworksofZhangYigong张一弓集 Huaxiawenyichubanshe,1986,p.1-48.ZhangXianliang張賢亮MyBodhiTree我的菩提树
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ZhengYi郑义”Maple”枫《⽂汇报》1979年 2⽉ 11⽇ZhengNian郑念:LifeandDeathinShanghai生死上海(1987)(节选)
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