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21H.352[J] Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game
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Not offered academic year 2025-2026Undergrad (Spring) HASS Humanities
(Same subject as 21G.042[J], 21L.492[J], CMS.359[J])
(Subject meets with 21G.133)
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR1-2.30 (14E-310)
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Analyzing core chapters of the great Chinese epic novel, Three Kingdoms, and its adaptations across diverse media, considers what underlies the appeal of this classic narrative over the centuries. Through focus on historical events in the period 206 BC to AD 280, examines the representation of power, diplomacy, war, and strategy, and explores the tension among competing models of political authority and legitimacy. Covers basic elements of classical Chinese political and philosophical thought, and literary and cultural history. Final group project involves digital humanities tools. Readings in translation. Films and video in Chinese with English subtitles.
E. Teng
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