Not offered in the current semester · Last offered AY2016/2017 Semester 2

Chinese Folk Literature

Last offered — AY2016/2017 Semester 2

This course surveys Chinese folk literature. Selected texts of different genres such as the Singing

Narrative (Tanci ), Drum Songs (Guci ), Qing ballads (Zidishu), Precious Scrolls (Baojuan), Daoist

poetry, story-telling (Pingshu, Huaben) folk tales, folk songs and scripts of folk performance

will be sampled and examined. Themes such as historical development, orality and textual

influence, the use of formulaic expressions during composition, dialectal features, audience and

transmission of oral literature will be discussed.

Total hours per week: 3 hrs

AUs	3.0 AUs
Grade Type
Prerequisite	B4, above in O level Chinese or equivalent
Exam

Available Indexes

AY14/15

Semester 1Semester 2Sp. Term

HC1010

Literature In Taiwan And Hong Kong

HC1051

Modern Chinese

HC1060

History Of Singapore And Malaysian Chinese

HC2003

Literature Of Tang And Song

HC2011

Tang Poetry

HC2014

Chinese Theatre And Performance

HC2030

Pre-Qin Thought

HC2041

Contemporary Chinese Politics And Society

HC2052

Language And Society

Not Available To Programme
Not Available To All Programme With	(Admyr 2004-2010)
Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme
Not Available As Core To Programme
Not Available As PE To Programme
Mutually Exclusive With	HC212
Not Offered As BDE	Yes
Not Offered As Unrestricted Elective

Not Available To Programme
Not Available To All Programme With	(Admyr 2004-2010)
Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme
Not Available As Core To Programme
Not Available As PE To Programme
Mutually Exclusive With	HC212
Not Offered As BDE	Yes
Not Offered As Unrestricted Elective