Tracing Cultural Roots II 
S06
Shunzhu Wang
Hong Lou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) is a phenomenal novel that has created such enomous literary and critical interest all over the world that a special term, “redology,” has been created for the study of the book. Students in this course will complete their reading of the Four Great Classics, which includes this novel, as well as Xi You Ji (The Journey to the West). As in Tracing Cultural Roots, students will study the movie version of the stories along with the texts for the purposes of comparision and discussion of the issues and representations. Newspaper articles will be the “side dish” that supplements the “main course” in this class. By reading articles from different newspapers, students will have a chance to develop newspaper-reading skills while learning about various issues concerning contemporary China and issues that interest them personally. Pre-advanced level.