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Course Description

This course is an introduction to Chinese poetry, mainly focusing on historical language researches via analyzing literary masterpieces of classical Chinese texts. Students will be trained to analyze natural speech, prose as well as poetry in terms of new techniques and approaches developed recently. In this way, the students can better understand how the language influences the way we interpret both history and culture.

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诗论

本书是中国现代美学家、文艺理论家朱光潜的代表作,1943年开始正式出版。朱光潜认为“诗学的任务就在替关于诗的事实寻出理由”,他希望通过对诗的理论的探索研究创作的长短、吸取西人的成就、推动新诗运动的发展。本书讨论的范围十分广泛,涉及诗的起源,诗的情趣与意向,诗的节奏与声韵,诗与散文、乐、画的关系、情感思想与语言文字的关系等等。朱光潜对于陶渊明的诗情有独钟,在本书中特别为陶渊明贡献了单独的一章。

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