Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Searchable Course Catalog

header image

ENAM0325A-S11

Chinese Poetry in the Far West

Chinese Poetry in the Far West
This course combines a study of Tang poetry with a survey of its influence on non-Chinese poetry in the modern era. We will emphasize the American context and Ezra Pound as the "inventor of Chinese poetry for our time," as T.S. Eliot memorably put it. In order to give students with no knowledge of Chinese the necessary tools for making the most of a facing-page translation, we will spend a significant portion of the course learning the characters most common to Tang poetry as well as the fundamentals of classical grammar. We will thus read the original poems alongside multiple translations and also discuss loose adaptations in "Chinese" modes. Theoretical questions concerning the nature of intercultural adaptation and globalization will be a constant concern. Readings will include numerous Chinese and American poets, and also extensive critical theory. For students with no knowledge of Chinese. 3 hrs. lect/disc.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
22125
Subject Code:
ENAM
Course Number:
0325
Section Identifier:
A

Course

ENAM 0325

All Sections in Spring 2011

Spring 2011

ENAM0325A-S11 Lecture (Billings)