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Chinese Language, Literature & Culture
Library guide to print and online sources to learn Chinese language, literature and culture
Online Stories
- Chinese Graphic Novels OnlineOnline graphic novels in Chinese. Includes stories such as Mulan and The Story of Stone.
- Learn Mandarin from Chinese StoriesEasy reading in simplified Chinese. Levels include Picturebook, Elementary, Lower-intermediate, and Upper-intermediate. Free, as well as premium, content.
Easy Readers
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The Chopsticks-Fork Principle X 2: A Bilingual Reader by Call Number: PL1129.E5 B43 2009
Beginning Chinese Reader by Call Number: PL1115 .D4 1977
Literary Classics
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The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh by Call Number: PL2694.S5 E5 2010
The Classic Chinese Novel: A Critical Introduction by Call Number: PL2415 .H8 2015In depth study of the six landmarks of Chinese fiction: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin, Journey to the West, Chin P'ing Mei, The Scholars, and Dream of the Red Chamber.
Literature - Collections & Anthologies
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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature by Call Number: PL2658.E1 C64 2007
The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature: Writings from the Mainland in the Long Twentieth Century by Call Number: PL2513 .B54 2016
The Columbia Companion to Modern Chinese Literature by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9780231541145Publication Date: 2016Features more than fifty short essays on specific writers and literary trends from the Qing period (1895-1911) to the present.
Loud Sparrows: Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts by Call Number: PL2653 .L65 2006- Famous Chinese Short Stories byCall Number: PR9470.9 .L5F35 1979
Famous Chinese Short Stories by Call Number: PR9470.9 .L5F35 1979ISBN: 0837190622Publication Date: 1979Curly-beard / Tu Kwang-tʻing.
The white monkey / Anonymous.
The stranger's note / "Chʻingpʻingshan tʻang"
The jade goddess / "Chingpen tʻungshu"
Chastity / A popular anecdote.
Passion / Yuan Chen.
Jian niang / Zhen Hsuanyu.
Madame D. / Lian Bu.
Finding Chinese Fiction In Translation
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