Readings in Chinese Literature: High Tang through Northern Song Poetry

This seminar examines the major writers, movements, and changes in poetry from the High Tang through the end of the Northern Song, with a special focus on the new styles and cultural contexts for composing, collecting, and circulating poetry. Students are introduced to the important collections and scholarship on these periods; strong reading ability in classical and modern Chinese required. Weekly work includes translation and critical analysis of poetry alongside scholarly readings, and there is a mid-semester short paper and a final seminar paper, plus presentation, due at the end of the semester.