Mandatory Manuals:
- Giuliano Bertuccioli, La letteratura cinese, L’Asino d’oro edizioni, 2013 (chapters 5, 6, 7).
- W. Idema; L. Half, edited by M. Ceresa, Letteratura cinese, Cafoscarina, 2000 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Recommended Text:
- Alessandra C. Lavagnino, Silvia Pozzi, Cultura cinese: segno, scrittura e civiltà, Carocci Editore, 2019.
Reading of one work chosen from the following:
- Wu Ch’êng-ên, Lo Scimmiotto, translated by Adriana Motti, Biblioteca Adelphi, 1971.
- Ts’ao Hsüeh-ch’in, Il sogno della camera rossa, edited by E. Masi, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 2008.
Reading of one work chosen from the following:
- Li Yu, Come una piena a primavera che scorre verso oriente. Il canzoniere di Li Yu (937-978), edited by L. Stirpe, Orientalia Editrice, 2015.
- La volpe amorosa, edited by A. Bujatti, Sellerio Editore, 1989.
- P’u Sung-ling, I racconti fantastici dello studio di Liao, translated by Di Giura Ludovico Nicola, Castelvecchi, 2017 (selection of novellas).
Additional teaching materials will be provided by the professor during the course and will be available for download from the Moodle platform (after enrolling in the course on the same platform). Non-attending students are invited to contact the professor for detailed information on the materials.