CH1101E

Retelling Chinese Stories:

Change and Continuity (Bilingual)

经典故事的演变与继承
How to retell?

 Language of Instruction: English / Chinese

 Content:
• Cultural background knowledge
• Common themes
• Comparison
• Context
Whose “Chinese”?

 Cultural and heritage

o Traditional

o Post 1949 - contemporary

 Mainland China
 Post 1949 Hong Kong
 Post 1949 Taiwan
 Jolin Tsai 蔡依林
 “We’re all different, yet the same” 不一样又怎样

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hHofDW2ts
 Taiwanese Pop Culture
 Same-sex marriage
 Started to push for legislation changes in 2012
 Heated debates in parliamentary hearings 2016
 24th May, 2017, Taiwanese court ruled that to disallow same-sex marriage is
unconstitutional
 Taiwanese Pride Day
 Started in 2003
 Currently, largest in Asia
Where did it come from?

 West?
 and this?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC3DzNQcdVY&list=RDWkNN5Ls6OhA
&index=4
 Suzhou Chantefable 苏州弹词
 “Two Women Marry” 双女成亲
Where is Suzhou?
 One of the most prosperous cities in late imperial China
 Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
 Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
 Late Ming Story

 Eg. “A Male Mencius’ Mother Educates His Son and Moves House Thrice”
男孟母教合三迁。

孟母三迁 “Mencius’ Mother Moves House Thrice”

 Confucius 孔子（孔丘，551BCE-479BCE，字仲尼）

 Mencius 孟子（孟轲，372BCE-289BCE）
 Space
http://cccp.uchicago.edu/downloads/dynasties.swf

 Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJis9TSw1rE